[mythtv-users] Created wrong username - is it a problem

[Shanon Mulley]

Thanks a lot - I'll give this a go when I get a chance. With any luck
I'll get my myth machine going again this weekend.

On 7/7/06, Nick <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07/07/06, Shanon Mulley <shanonmulleyster at gmail.com> wrote:
> > When you say:
> > > - you could recreate the mythtv user as a regular user which would let
> > > you follow Jarod's guide to the letter (and run the backend as user
> > > mythtv or root).
> >
> > Do you mean I should delete the existing (system) mythtv user first?
>
> Yes. Whilst it's possible to edit the /etc/passwd file to give your
> user a suitably high UID/GID and create a home directory, I'd remove
> the mythtv user and then re-add it as root. You must make sure that no
> processes (such as mythbackend) are using the mythtv account when you
> do this.
>
> Nick
>
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