[mythtv-users] Storage Permission Problems

[Mark Pennock]

My backend died a week ago and I have been trying to get a new one up and
running. I think I have everything working only I can't write to the
storage directory.

I am using mythbuntu 12.04 from a clean install.

The problem is I can't figure out how to get my storage partition to mount
at boot time with the proper permissions. If I set it so it's user:group
are mythtv:mythtv are set in fstab booting hangs and asks if you want to
skip or fix the problem.

I have spent the better part of half a day on this (I know this is bad)
googling and rebooting (good thing I'm using ssd) without success.

Unfortunately since I was having so much trouble I tried using
a gui program "Storage Device Manager" which I think is called PySDM. This
worked but it set the partition to some weird user and group names  that I
can't recall now ( I am at work). Now, for the life of my, I can't figure
out how to prevent the drive from mount with this user:group. The following
are the pertinent lines for my fstab file. Now, I can't even boot my system
because I deleted my fstab file and rebooted thinking that it would get
replaced with a default one. I can really screw thins up!

/dev/sdb1  /var/lib/mythtv/Recordings1  xfs   users,user           0  0
/dev/sdb2  /var/lib/mythtv/Recordings2  xfs   users,user           0  0
/dev/sdc1  /var/lib/mythtv/Videos1        xfs   users,user           0  0
/dev/sdc2  /var/lib/mythtv/Recordings3  xfs   users,user           0  0

Could this be related to the fact that these folders directly mount
partitions? I don't see how this entry assigns the user:group I previously
mentioned.

So, how do you mount a partition at boot with a non-root user:group
ownership? Sorry for the wordy email and if it isn't completely
understandable but I am getting desperate.
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