Can only record to default path; have mounted shared network drive but TVHeadend won't record there
Added by David Lowe almost 3 years ago
Version of TVHeadend is 4.2.8-34~g24a2f59e9 (fresh install following https://thepihut.com/blogs/raspberry-pi-tutorials/how-to-stream-digital-tv-with-the-raspberry-pi-tv-hat method)
Running on Raspberry Pi Debian 10 with Raspberry Pi TVHat
Fresh install as above. I can record to the default path
/home/hts
without difficulty
I've followed various online suggestions and added
//192.168.2.16/TVHRecord /home/pi/NASTVrecord cifs guest,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0
to my /etc/fstab file
but when I change the recording path to
/home/pi/NASTVrecord
then I just get an error (red exclamation mark in the "Details" column of the EPG) after a few seconds.
I suspects it's a permissions related thing. I CAN delete or modify any of the existing files in the mounted share from the pi desktop.
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
Replies (8)
RE: Can only record to default path; have mounted shared network drive but TVHeadend won't record there - Added by Dave Pickles almost 3 years ago
Tvheadend runs as user hts, so hts needs to be able to read/write files on your network share.
RE: Can only record to default path; have mounted shared network drive but TVHeadend won't record there - Added by Hiro Protagonist almost 3 years ago
Check your /etc/passwd file. The UID of the user TVH is running as should match the UID you're using in your fstab entry.
RE: Can only record to default path; have mounted shared network drive but TVHeadend won't record there - Added by David Lowe almost 3 years ago
Thank you for your replies...
Still not quite there, and have possibly gone backwards as I now get an error message from the pi desktop
mount: /home/pi/NASTVrecord: operation permitted for root only.
whenever I try and view my shared drive!
The relevant line of of /etc/passwd file is
hts:x:115:124::/home/hts:/bin/bash
so I have changed my /etc/fstab entry to
//192.168.2.16/TVHRecord /home/pi/NASTVrecord cifs guest,uid=115,gid=124 0 0
The Samba share on Open Media Vault is set up for "Guests allowed".
RE: Can only record to default path; have mounted shared network drive but TVHeadend won't record there - Added by Dave Pickles almost 3 years ago
Reset the 'uid' value in your fstab entry to 1000, and set the 'gid' value to the number for the 'hts' entry in /etc/group. Then change the permissions on your NAS recording directory to allow group 'hts' to write there -
chown -R pi:hts /home/pi/NASTVrecord chmod -R 775 /home/pi/NASTVrecord
RE: Can only record to default path; have mounted shared network drive but TVHeadend won't record there - Added by G E over 2 years ago
Hello
I created an account because I have the exact same issue.
I can record to the RPI's local path (moved it from /home/hts to /home/pi/NASTVrecord) but not to my Synology NAS (/nas/Downloads/NASTVrecord).
I even tried to keep those folder names that were chosen above to eliminate the possibility of having permission issues.
Unfortunately I can't get it to send the recordings to my NAS.
My fstab input is:
//192.168.1.131/nas/Downloads/NASTVrecord /home/pi/NASTVrecord cifs guest,uid=1000,gid=124 0 0 (my hts is 124 too according to /etc/group)
When I run mount -a I don't get any errors which hopefully means that the mount point works.
In my Synology folder share settings I have granted rw permissions to ''guest'' and I also created another user ''hts'' with rw permissions.
What am I possibly doing wrong?
RE: Can only record to default path; have mounted shared network drive but TVHeadend won't record there - Added by Chris Scherer over 2 years ago
Try setfacl to set the permission for user hts.
Example:
setfacl -R -m u:hts:rxw /home/pi
and same on your NAS via ssh.
Take care, on your NAS beginns the path with /volumeX/......
with setfacl you will ADD the user hts to the Access Control Lists.
You will find some examples on the internet.
ACL doesn't touch the chmod-mask.
Hint: Synology use the same proceder for the User-Rights in the DiskStations.
AND:
tvheadend uses allways the user "hts". Your mounting point is set for user "guest". RPI take a call to "guest"... "guest" answers with: Yeas... here i'am! Who are you? ... Answer form RPI: I'am "hts"... the end of the call ;-( "guest" talks only whith "guest"
RE: Can only record to default path; have mounted shared network drive but TVHeadend won't record there - Added by G E over 2 years ago
Thanks for your reply.
It looks way more complicated than what I'm used to though.
RE: Can only record to default path; have mounted shared network drive but TVHeadend won't record there - Added by G E over 2 years ago
Alright I've made some progress.
Nas is now mounted on /home/pi/NASTVrecord as within TVheadend GUI I can see on top a massive space in TB which is clearly my NAS.
Fo certain, the problem is with permissions now. When I move files from the NAS side to NASTVrecord folder I can then ''ls'' and see them on the Pi side.
It's probably the other way around that is not permitted - the Pi to write on that folder.