[mythtv-users] Running as root

[Paul A Pick]

> My fundamental problem is
> that mythtv actually runs in 2 user space levels, root for
> the backend and user for the frontend. And if the backend
> crashes, only root can restart it, *without a reboot*. All I
> want to do, is have the user be able to fix that problem..

Add to /etc/sudoers:

mythtv    ALL=NOPASSWD: /etc/init.d/mythbackend

Add to mythtv's mainmenu.xml:

<button>
 <type>BACKEND</type>
 <text>Restart Backend</text>
 <action>EXEC sudo /etc/init.d/mythbackend restart</action>
</button>

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