[mythtv-users] Scary permission problem

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Tim,

Sunday, December 17, 2017, 8:30:13 PM, you wrote:




>  ---- On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 19:21:50 +0000 Lee Maisel <maisel at lobo.net> wrote ----
 >> Nope.  That didn't do it unfortunately.  It's a mystery.  almost like 
 >> it's sharing using SMB.   I don't see a reason to even use SMB sharing, 
 >> unless the backends need it.
 >> 
 >> 
 >> Lee
 >> 
 >> 
 >> 
> afaik linux is same as windows; just because SMB allows it, doesnt
> mean the file system allows it and vice versa. Also afaik mythtv
> itself is unaware of SMB so assuming your content is local, then try disabling the smb service.
> while it's personal preference and nothing wrong with hika's reply,
> i prefer the octect style permissions; go with 'chmod 660
> /path/to/videos' user&group will get RW, others will be no access.

You cannot use that with the -R switch as it will remove the x
attribute on the directories making them inaccessible!

> whats your  'ls -l' output say on that folders permissions?

> could try stopping the smb service on your BE; something along the
> lines of 'systemctl stop smb' should probably do it, but it is distro specific.


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