[mythtv-users] Channel icons and /root.
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Mon Feb 13 23:22:49 UTC 2006
On 02/13/2006 06:08 PM, Nathan Caldwell wrote:
> On 2/13/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>
>> On 02/13/2006 05:35 PM, Nathan Caldwell wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a way to change where the channel icons are stored? The
>>> permissions I have on the root directory (0700) prevent anyone other
>>> than root from accessing this directory. Every time I try to import
>>> channel icons mythfilldatabase attempts to store the channel icons in
>>> /root/.mythtv (even when this is run as the mythtv user). Is there any
>>> way to get mythfilldatabase to use some other directory (like
>>> /home/mythtv/.mythtv
>>>
>> Run mythfilldatabase as the mythtv user...
>>
> I tried this, it still tried to place them in /root...
OK, let me be more specific... Run mythfilldatabase as the mythtv user
/with the HOME environment variable set to the mythtv user's home
directory/... (Technically, it could be any user as long as HOME is set
to the mythtv user's home directory, but running it as root is always ugly.)
Mike
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