[mythtv-users] Announcement: Looking for Alpha testers for a generic Lossless cut solution

[Ian Evans]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 7:37 AM, Doug Vaughan <r.d.vaughan at rogers.com> wrote:
> Ian,
>     I am not using Mythbuntu but I do run my backend under a"mythtv" user
> account. Here are the permissions my configuration file and that directory
> has. Use this only for access rights comparison only:
>> sudo -umythtv ls -ls ~/.mythtv/lossless_cut.cfg
> 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 doug doug 7886 Oct 20 14:27
> /home/doug/.mythtv/lossless_cut.cfg
>> sudo -umythtv ls -ls ~/.mythtv
> 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 doug doug 27 Apr 12  2012 /home/doug/.mythtv ->
> /media/virtual/home/.mythtv
>
> Although I will add a trap for that abort,permissions for a "~/.mythtv"
> directory must be set so that the script can write the configuration file.
> Maybe allowing R/W for all users to the "/home/mythtv/.mythtv" will resolve
> the issue.
>
> The suggestion in the wiki for running the --test step using a leading "sudo
> -umythtv" was given to me by a user who resolved their own issues with that
> command. I have not tested it myself.
>
> Thanks for bring this abort to my attention and I hope these suggestions
> help.
>

Actually, you just need to change the wiki to sudo -H

When it didn't work for me, I wondered why it was going to my home dir
if I was sudo'ing to mythtv. The '-H' tells the sudo to use the home
of the -umythtv.

When I did that, I passed your file test.

Hope that helps.