[mythtv-users] "Unable to find mythcommflag" in 0.17

Kevin Kuphal kuphal at dls.net
Tue Apr 5 16:23:28 UTC 2005


mythtv-users.mythtv.org at tgice.com wrote:

> Chris Pinkham wrote:
>
>> This error message means mythbackend can't find mythcommflag, so even
>> though mythcommflag is in _your_ PATH, it evidently isn't in the PATH
>> of the user running mythbackend or the script that is running
>> mythbackend.
>
>
> No, mythcommflag (in /usr/local/bin) is in root's PATH, and root is 
> running mythbackend.  I don't see anything in my init.d script for 
> mythbackend that would change the default root PATH available.
>
Try echoing the path when the backend starts up.  I thought I read some 
posts in the past that the backend user environment might not get fully 
populated when the backend starts up.

Kevin


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