No. You should: 1. Not run mythtv on the backend as root. 2. Not run mysql on the backend as root. 3. Be perfectly able to mount a hidden directory from your backend to your frontend.
Just list the directory in /etc/exports on the backend and on the /etc/fstab. Paul >>> "A JM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/14/05 9:48 PM >>> There's no such directory on the FE. Are you saying I should create the directory on the FE and make the changes in the FSTAB accordingly? Thanks, On 9/14/05, Ryan Steffes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 9/14/05, A JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > "I'm assuming here that the backend and the frontend are on seperate > > machines" > > Correct. > > "and that the backend and the frontend have at least one nfs share both > > can write to." > > Correct. However /root/.mythtv/mythvideo is not one of them. It has not > > been set up in the exports file. > > "What does it say in the setting for the movie poster location?" > > On both locations '/root/.mythtv/mythvideo' > > "Is location on the nfs share?" > > Yes, but it's a hidden directory. > > "Also, what user does your mythtv run as?" > > MythTv > > "Does the directory exists that the frontend has in the setting box?" > > I'm not sure as it's hidden andthis is an Xbox FE? > > > > > What happens if you change "root" to "mythtv", as in > /home/mythtv/.mythtv/posters/ in the settings? > >
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