[mythtv-users] Problem with storage directory on 2nd HDD

[Jonno]

Never mind. I just changed the mount point to /var/lib/mythtv/recordings
and it's working ok. Curious what the problem was though.

On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 6:59 AM, Jonno <jonnojohnson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well I started mythfrontend as user = mythtv but still getting the same
> permission error in the backend log.
>
> I checked and both jonno and mythtv have video listed in their groups.
>
> What else can I look at?
>
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hoi R.,
>>
>> Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 6:35:20 PM, you wrote:
>>
>> > On 16/09/14 11:16 AM, Jonno wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Hika van den Hoven <
>> hikavdh at gmail.com
>> >> <mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>     Hoi Hika,
>> >>
>> >>     You can try to login as user mythtv (you might have to first set a
>> >>     password): su mythtv. Then try to go to the directory and try to
>> >>     create a file: touch test
>> >>
>> >> Thanks Hoi, I will try that. I suspect it will work as the backend no
>> >> longer complains about not being able to create a test file (user =
>> >> mythtv) whereas the frontend (user = jonno) can't create recording
>> files.
>>
>> > You might want to try adding both users mythtv and jonno to the group
>> > video, and 'chown -R video:video recordings`
>>
>> > Geoff
>>
>> No, adding them to video is Good, but the recordings should be owned
>> by user mythtv. Besides a user video probably doesn't exists.
>> Wether you use the group mythtv or video is in essence arbitrary. The
>> user running the backend and the frontend though should be member of
>> video to be able to properly access the capture and video devices.
>>
>> Tot mails,
>>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>>
>> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
>> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
>> Het eeuwige dilemma
>> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>>
>> De lerende Mens
>>
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