[mythtv-users] This account is currently not available.

Don dlw3 at tds.net
Thu Mar 24 10:12:46 UTC 2005


Howard Cokl wrote:

>--- Don <dlw3 at tds.net> wrote:
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>>Ivor Hewitt wrote:
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>>>Don wrote:
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>>>>Richard C. Isaacson wrote:
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>>>>>Are you just setting up your install? If so look
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>>at the shell in 
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>>>>>/etc/passwd. You should be able to just do a su
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>>mythtv. Otherwise 
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>>>>>change the shell that the account is using.
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>>>>>-rich
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>>>>>Don wrote:
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>>>>>>[don at localhost don]$ su - mythtv
>>>>>>Password:
>>>>>>This account is currently not available.
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>>>>>>Why am I getting this error?
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>>>>>>dlw
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>>>>Are you just setting up your install?  .....yes.
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>>>>This is what /etc/password has;
>>>>mythtv:x:75:75:mythtvbackend
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>>User:/var/lib/mythtv:/sbin/nologin
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>>>>Otherwise change the shell that the account is
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>>using.
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>>>>I do not know what this means?
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>>>With ":/sbin/nologin" you have prevented this
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>>account having an 
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>>>interactive login...
>>>and using "su - mythtv" you are trying to use the
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>>login shell.
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>>>either change "/sbin/nologin" or just "su" instead
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>>of "su -"
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>>[don at localhost don]$ su mythtv
>>Password:
>>This account is currently not available.
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>>Just 'su' is 'root'.
>>'mythfrontend' opens using 'root' but  Is it wise to
>>do this?
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>>There is also this error;
>>[root at localhost don]# mythfrontend
>>2005-03-24 01:34:11.389 Inserting MythTV initial
>>database information.
>>2005-03-24 01:34:11.390 Upgrading to schema version
>>1060
>>2005-03-24 01:34:11.391 DB Error (Performing
>>database upgrade):
>>Query was: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS
>>callsignnetworkmap (  id int(11) 
>>NOT NULL auto_increment,  callsign varchar(20) NOT
>>NULL default '',  
>>network varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',  PRIMARY
>>KEY  (id),  UNIQUE KEY 
>>callsign (callsign));
>>Error was: Driver error was [2/1]:
>>QMYSQL3: Unable to execute query
>>Database error was:
>>Can't create/write to file
>>'./mythconverg/callsignnetworkmap.frm' 
>>(Errcode: 13)
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>>new version: 1060
>>2005-03-24 01:34:11.392 Couldn't upgrade database to
>>new schema, exiting.
>>[root at localhost don]#
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>>/sbin/login is an executable file with the symbols
>>and such.
>>I don't have a clue how to change it.
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>Become root and at the command prompt type
> usermod -s `which bash` mythtv
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> [root at localhost don]# usermod -s `which bash` mythtv
> [root at localhost don]#

There is no /mythconverg/callsignnetworkmap.frm file.
I assume mythtv creates it.
Should I create it?


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