[mythtv-users] running mythtv-setup as a different

[Jay Harbeston (ISeePeople)]

> On Oct 31, 2018, at 4:51 PM, James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> My user name is ‘jim’.  I normally run mythtv-setup as jim.  I thought about trying to run as user ‘mythtv’ to explore an issue. So I opened a terminal and tried this:
> 
> jim at jim-xubuntu:~$ sudo su mythtv
> [sudo] password for jim: 
> $ mythtv-setup
> mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.
> No protocol specified
> xprop:  unable to open display ':0.0'
> No protocol specified
> Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
> 
> (zenity:5379): Gtk-WARNING **: 16:32:53.104: cannot open display: :0.0
> $
> 
> Is there something that has to be setup for user mythtv to do this??
> 
> Jim A
> 
> 
> 


Mythtv doesn’t have permissions to ‘write’ on the display.

Before you do the sudo, use the following command to allow mythtv access:

xhost +


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