[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase failing after OS upgrade

[James Linder]

I’m only being pedantic because I hate unqualified words of wisdom

>> Okay, so how do I determine the UID's from 20.04, and if I can do
> 
> You can. Look at the files /etc/shadow and /etc/group
> DO NOT EDIT THEM!

To err is human to really #!@$ things up you need a computer! 
but
I only ever change groups with vi.

> open them with the `less` command.
> less /etc/shadow

/etc/shadow is made secret so that *bad guys* can’t read the cryped passwd and work on it.

Anybody can read /etc/passwd

$ less /etc/passwd

but only root can read shadow

# less /etc/shadow ($ sudo less /etc/shadow)

James