[mythtv-users] Help with mythtv user account setup

[Ryan Hadley]

The user also is required to have a valid shell and homedir.  Check 
/etc/passwd to make sure their shell isn't something like /usr/bin/nologin

-Ryan

mythtv at red2.braveturtle.com wrote:
> That was a good thought, but unfortunately it did not solve my problem. 
> According to /etc/shadow, the password for user "mythtv" was not locked.
>
> Anyone else have an idea why when I try to login as "mythtv" it tells me
> that the "the system administrator has disabled your account" and won't
> let me log in?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sean
>
> On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:16:43 -0500, "Russell Brown" <rmbzzz at gmail.com>
> said:
>   
>> As root, examine the file /etc/shadow.
>> See if there is an exclamation point, !,
>> at the beginning of the gibberish that is the encrypted
>> password.
>>
>> If there is, execute
>>
>>  usermod -U mythtv
>>
>> to unlock the account and
>>  man usermod
>> for more information.
>>
>> If not, hope that someone else has a better answer.
>>
>>     
>>> It recognizes that there is a "mythtv" user and allows me to set the
>>> password.
>>>
>>> However, when I try to login as "mythtv" it tells me that the "the
>>> system administrator has disabled your account" and won't let me log in.
>>>
>>> Can anyone help me and tell me what I am doing wrong?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot.
>>>
>>> -Sean
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>>>       
>> --
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