[mythtv-users] MythTV User Status ??

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi jim,

Monday, January 12, 2015, 2:19:18 PM, you wrote:



>> 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.
> _______________________________________________

users only shows logged in users, not existing users.
If you type less /etc/passwd, you see excisting users with their home
directories and login shell (a shell of /bin/false, sbin/nologin or
something like that means they cannot login, they are used by the
system or an installed program).

DO NOT TRY TO EDIT THE ABOVE FILE!!!

If you are logged in you can also easily find the home directory: cd
without anything moves you there.

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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