[mythtv-users] Possible Errata/Bug Myth
Axel Thimm
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
Mon Apr 17 13:47:24 UTC 2006
On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 09:19:51AM -0400, Chris Everest wrote:
> On 4/16/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 04/16/2006 09:02 PM, Chris Everest wrote:
> > > Is this a bug/errata?
> >
> > No. MythTV programs (mythtv-setup, mythbackend, mythfrontend) will use
> > $HOME/.mythtv for the configuration directory. So, if you run
> > mythtv-setup as the root user, it makes $HOME/.mythtv/mysql.txt (
> > /root/.mythtv/mysql.txt ). Then, if you attempt to start the service,
> > which runs mythbackend as mythtv (as it should), it looks for mysql.txt
> > in $HOME/.mythtv/mysql.txt (which, for it, is
> > /home/mythtv/.mythtv/mysql.txt).
>
>
> I tried adding this manually, but my automagically created mythtv user has a
> home directory of /var/lib/mythtv. So you see my point?
But the mythbackend stiff still runs as root due to hardware access issues.
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Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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