[mythtv-users] Upgrade Mythbuntu 10.04 0.23 to 0.25 autoexpire failing now?

[Michael Watson]

On 8/09/2013 8:47 PM, tortise wrote:
> On 6/09/2013 2:02 a.m., Michael T. Dean wrote:
>  The /media/repo{x} directories are all owned
>>> by root.
>>>
>>
>> You need to check every directory in the path for ownership and
>> permissions:
>>
>> ls -ld /media/{,repo*/{,mythtv/{,{recordings,livetv}}}}
>>
>> and should probably check the ownership and permissions on the recording
>> files, and compare with the user that's running mythbackend.
>
> Some of the very old recordings and files are owned and grouped by 
> {OldUser} instead of the majority who are owned and grouped by mythtv 
> (mythbuntu) in all 3 repositories (repo, repo1 and repo2)
>
> Seems I can find the misnamed files by owner and group:
>
> sudo find /media/repo/mythtv/recordings -user {OldUser}
> sudo find /media/repo/mythtv/recordings -group {OldUser}
>
> and correct the files from within the relevant directories (?):
>
> sudo chown mythtv *    {Change user}
> sudo :chown mythtv *   {Change group}
>
> However in nautilus the newly changed files are now listed with owner 
> as "mythtv -" whereas the others are "mythtv" which suggests to me I 
> am not quite achieving what I need to? (Where does " -" come from?!)
>
sudo chgrp mythtv *

Should fix that problem.