[mythtv-users] Recording Permissions Problem

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/15/2012 10:06 PM, Geoff B wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm running Mythbuntu 12.04 x64, with all storage directories pointing 
> to directories on a NAS (Thecus N4100PRo).
> I'm mounting the NAS locally using NFS, with this:
> mount -o soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 
> gromit:/raid0/data/_NAS_NFS_Exports_/mythtv /mnt/nfs

FWIW, you probably shouldn't specify sizes, anymore.  Modern kernels 
choose appropriate sizes--which will likely be /much/ bigger and give 
much better performance than the one you've specified.

Also, if you do Live TV, you may need to use actimeo of 0 or 1:

http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.8


>
> It mounts correctly, but I am unable to play recordings because of a 
> permission problem; the recording and png files appear as:
> -rwxrwxrwx+ 1 mythtv mythtv 1267934040 May 15 19:44 
> 1476_20120515193000.mpg*
> On the NAS, the directory is exported using:
> "Guest system root account will have full access to this share 
> (root:root)."
>
> When I try and play these, I get a message to the effect of:
> "Recording unavailable: <title><subtitle> The file for this recording 
> can not be found"
>
> I am also unable to play these in VLC.
>
> If I do a
> sudo chown mythtv:users *
> ...then this fixes it.
>
> What am I doing wrong?

Are directory permissions (of all leading directories) good?

Mike