[mythtv-users] FrontEnd will connect if feels like it

[Mike Perkins]

On 07/07/16 19:11, Barry Martin wrote:
>
> Ok, back to the "who owns" thing.  So  "ls -ld /home/barry/.mythtv"  ...
>
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv 22 Jun 30 14:32 /home/barry/.mythtv
> -> /etc/mythtv/config.xml
>
>
> OK, so now run "sudo chown -R
> barry:barry /home/barry/.mythtv"    ...Goes directly to the next line
> (no response, which hopefully is good news!)
>
> Run the 'ownership' command again (you did ask but makes some sense to
> do so)
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 barry barry 22 Jun 30 14:32 /home/barry/.mythtv
> -> /etc/mythtv/config.xml
>
> Well. see a little change!
>
You didn't take account of the intial 'l' in that response line. That means that /home/barry/.mythtv 
is a link to /etc/mythtv/config.xml, which is wrong, and what is causing your original problem.

For all link files you should follow the link and find out what the owner and group of the target 
directory or file is, and that will tell you if you have write permissions, etc.

/home/barry/.mythtv should be a *directory* and it should be linked to the *directory* /etc/mythtv, 
under which will be all kinds of files which mythtv will use, including config.xml.

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Mike Perkins