[mythtv-users] Scary permission problem
Tim Draper
veehexx at zoho.com
Mon Dec 18 16:04:06 UTC 2017
---- On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 21:24:07 +0000 Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote ----
> Hoi Tim,
>
> Sunday, December 17, 2017, 8:30:13 PM, you wrote:
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> > ---- 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.
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> >> Lee
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> > 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.
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> You cannot use that with the -R switch as it will remove the x
> attribute on the directories making them inaccessible!
>
do you need execute on video files - i thought read would be enough?
i was always on the mindset that execute is for executable files and scripts. cant say i've explicitly tested it on video files but 80% sure i'm RW on my video dir.
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