[mythtv-users] Channel icons and /root.

Nathan Caldwell saintdev at gmail.com
Mon Feb 13 23:52:03 UTC 2006


On 2/13/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> 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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D'oh!
Thanks again, Mike.

-Nathan


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