[mythtv-users] To me this is a new introduced bug, or did something change

[Peter Bennett]

On 4/26/23 09:11, James Abernathy wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 7:40 AM Mike Perkins 
> <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
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>     A quick note: If you add the mythtv user yourself, make sure it
>     has a repeatable UID and GID,
>     otherwise, should there be any new users added to your system(s)
>     in future, you'll get drift and
>     have to fix all the directories and files to point to the new values.
>
>     Ask me how I know! In practice I deliberately set mine to UID=1010
>     and GID=1010 just to keep them
>     clear of future problems.
>
>     -- 
>
>     Mike Perkins
>
>
> Thanks for the tip.  I have noticed when I create a new version of 
> Ubuntu with a fresh install of MythTV, I have to do a lot of chown 
> commands when bringing over my recordings from an old system before 
> restoring the mythconverg database.
>
> So is UID 1010 and GID 1010 in a range that ubuntu will not use for 
> its purposes?
>
> Jim A
>
> _______________________________________________

The mythtv user as created by the package is a system user id. These are 
allocated in the range 100 to 999. I use an id of 200 for the mythtv 
user and mythtv group. System users are those that are never logged on 
directly, and thus do not appear in the drop down of users at the login 
screen. I would recommend using an id in the system range (100-999). 200 
is good because it will not have been used yet. When you install ubuntu 
it allocates many ids in the system range, starting from 100. It is 
unlikely to reach 200 before you install mythtv. The allocation of 
system ids is clever enough not to have a problem with the extra id of 
200 you add. Subsequent application installs will continue to use ids in 
the 100 range and will skip id 200 if it is already used.

This is what I use. Does this create a home directory or do I need 
--home /home/mythtv on the adduser on the next version of ubuntu?

addgroup --gid 200 mythtv
adduser --ingroup mythtv --system --uid 200 mythtv

Peter

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