[mythtv-users] mythtv-users Digest, Vol 142, Issue 26

[jim]

> On 12/01/15 03:56, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
>> > 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.
>> >
> You shouldn't need to worry about where the DVD is mounted. In mythfrontend, it 
> will appear under a menu option once loaded, and you should be able to play it 
> directly.
>
> * Make sure you have libdvdcss installed. I'm not sure this is supplied with 
> mythtv because of various legal reasons. Without it, your DVD won't be 
> recognized. Been there, did that yesterday.
I am running Linux Mint - if that makes a difference, and I did check to
see that libdvdcss is installed. I can play a DVD successfully. I am
just curious about the mounting location and user status. When I
installed the Linux system I created one user called htpc. Even with
MythTV up and running, BE and FE, when I run users at the command line I
see only one user, and that is htpc. Would it hurt anything to create a
user called mythtv and log into that user at startup? Would that have
had to be done prior to installing MythTV?  Thanks.