[mythtv] issues with 16491?

Nigel Pearson nigel at ind.tansu.com.au
Mon Mar 17 02:04:50 UTC 2008


> Not sure what an EUID is

Effective User ID. Basically,
a number that represents your username.

Every shell that I tried has it set,
so I am mystified about this failure, Matt.


> , but this is what comes back when I run this as root:
>
> echo $EUID
> 0

Do you normally "make install" as root?

If not (e.g. you use a script to build),
try the same in your build environment.

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