[mythtv-users] upgrading from .25 to .26
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Fri May 10 15:34:00 UTC 2013
On 05/10/2013 11:05 AM, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 10/05/13 14:56, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, Bill and Rich. Looks good. I like the addition of the ssh -Y,
>> too--many users don't know how to upgrade a headless backend.
>>
> A tip. I discovered, when I migrated from Mandriva to Debian, that ssh
> -Y didn't work, because the .xauth credentials weren't being carried
> over properly when you su'd on the target box.
>
> The way round this is to use sux (yes, really) instead of su. This
> sometimes complains but allows full use of X tunneling. sux is
> available from apt.
>
I usually do: ssh -l mythtv -Y <hostname> mythtv-setup
Do most distros disable login for the mythtv user or would that work?
Mike
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