[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase not running automatically?

Sat Jan 22 22:29:20 UTC 2022

We can add another sentence to the help text, e.g. "Do NOT use a full or
partial path name, only the name of an executable." I think there is just
enough space for that. Of course, this does not help against the confusion
when reading names from the settings table and drawing conclusions from
them.

Klaas.

On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 at 21:03, Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 1/22/22 12:33, Patrick Mansfield via mythtv-users wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 09:37:36AM -0600, Bill Meek wrote:
> >> On 1/12/22 7:56 AM, James Abernathy wrote:
> >>> | MythFillDatabaseLogï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½| /var/log/mythtvï¿½
> ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½| NULLï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½|
> >>> | MythFillDatabasePathï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ |
> /usr/bin/mythfilldatabase | NULLï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½|
> >
> >> MythFillDatabasePath must be mythfilldatabase, any other value, like a
> full
> >> path name will *prevent* mythfilldatabase logging.
> >
> > OMG thanks for sharing those details I had the full path and could not
> figure out
> > WTF was wrong for the last 1+ years after I set up things again (or
> maybe when I had
> > to switch to another grabber).
> >
> > "Path" is such the wrong word to use there, and the GUI does not seem to
> specify
> > that it should not be the full path.
> >
> > -- Patrick
>
> The help text is good, but I admit that long ago I created a ticket in
> Trac for
> the issue. But there had already been debate about the security of putting
> a
> full path there. The program-name-only won.
>
>   "Use 'mythfilldatabase' or the name of a custom script that will populate
>    the program guide info for all your video sources."
>
> --
> Bill
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