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

tortise tortise at paradise.net.nz
Sun Sep 8 11:08:22 UTC 2013


On 8/09/2013 11:03 p.m., tortise wrote:
> On 8/09/2013 10:54 p.m., Michael Watson wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Actually I think its a bug in nautilus, it has since crashed and
> subsequently shows them correctly!
>
> btw my reading suggested
>
> sudo :chown mythtv *
>
> achieves same as
>
> sudo chgrp mythtv *
Woops sorry, its

sudo chown :mythtv *

to change group...


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