[mythtv-users] Backend log stopped logging

[Bill Meek]

On 02/07/2012 03:55 PM, William Otten wrote:
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> What should the permissions be for the mythbackend.log? Also what should
> the permissions be for all the log files?

Hi;

I'd suggest typing:

   ps f -eo user,args | grep mythbackend

and you'll get something like:

   mythtv /usr/bin/mythbackend --quiet --nodblog --logpath /var/log/mythtv --user mythtv

That will tell you the user that is running mythbackend and where it is logging.

Then make sure the directory in --logpath has write permission for that user.
For example:

   ls -ld /var/log/mythtv
   drwxrwsr-x 2 mythtv mythtv 20480 2012-02-07 15:52 /var/log/mythtv

Also, see:

   http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Logging#File_Logging

-- 
Bill