[mythtv-users] MythTV User Status ??

Hika van den Hoven hikavdh at gmail.com
Mon Jan 12 03:56:30 UTC 2015


Hoi jim,

Monday, January 12, 2015, 12:28:28 AM, you wrote:

> This is my first Linux install, and my first MythTV install. All is
> going well and I have the basic HTPC up and running, but still have some
> questions.
>>From what I've been able to find via Internet searches I think the user
> MythTV created via the install is something called a "system user". That
> may be why no user called mythtv shows up under /home.
> What does this mean for mounting a DVD? Normally, a new folder with the
> DVD title and marked by a optical disk icon, would appear under
> /media/user when a DVD is put into the system. If mythtv is not a
> "normal user" where is the DVD mounted? Or maybe - is the DVD mounted?
> Are there pros/cons to making a "normal user" called mythtv?

I don't know if you would call it a system user. A system user cannot
normally login and is used for system processes, like the users; bin,
adm, daenon.. It's just where the home directory is placed with
mythbuntu. That's if I'm correct in /var/lib/mythtv or there around.
Further it's a normal user.

Tot mails,
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