[mythtv-users] Collaborative recommended viewing revisited...

[Yan-Fa Li]

Mike Benoit wrote:
> Does anyone have any other ideas for generating a unique identifier? Or
> should I just go with a username/password?

Make it 64bit.  That's sufficiently unique to cover most cases.  I would 
try using /dev/random.  It's pretty much universally available on Linux 
systems.  Stick that in .mythtv and then you won't get wiped between 
upgrades.

Yan