[mythtv-users] How to use tmdb.pl with MythVideo/MythWeb

[Bobby Gill]

>
>
> No.  I'm saying the exact opposite of that...  You are already running it
> setuid root and you shouldn't be.  (I.e. your system is already configured
> the "not-safe" way.)
>
> Before changing anything, please post the output of:
>
> ls -l /usr/local/bin/{mythfrontend,mythtv}*
>
> (yes, please run it exactly as show with all the punctuation :)
>

[19:20:55] ~ > ls -l /usr/local/bin/{mythfrontend,mythtv}*
ls: cannot access /usr/local/bin/mythfrontend*: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access /usr/local/bin/mythtv*: No such file or directory

Tried it without the asterisk to boot, same result.


> Chances are, it will be as simple as:
>
> chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/{mythfrontend,mythtv}*
>
> and then using one of the more appropriate mechanisms (rlimits or realtime
> module) to allow mythfrontend to request realtime scheduling.
>
> But, that's somewhat dependent on how your distro is configured.
>
> However, thank you for running as root--in so doing, you proved that I was
> wrong about, "Note, this also /might/ happen if you run mythfrontend as root
> directly."  That is /very/ good news because it means even on distros where
> mythfrontend runs as root, tmdb.pl will work properly.
>
>
> Mike
>

I'm quite tempted to do the chmod as you state, but I'll wait for further
instruction just to be sure ;)

Thanks
Bob
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