[mythtv] Ticket #4356: Mythfilldatabase fails to enter new data if run automatically, but works fine manually
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Mon Dec 31 20:05:05 UTC 2007
On 12/31/2007 01:35 PM, Daniel Kristjansson wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 12:27 -0600, Carl Fongheiser wrote:
>
>> On Dec 31, 2007 12:21 PM, Eric Bosch <eric.bosch at comcast.net> wrote:
>> That's the strange part. The backend is run chuid mythtv,
>> which I have
>> confirmed that wget IS in the path, as that is the same user I
>> run it
>> manually with. I will continue to investigate, but I have it
>> set up the
>> same way I did when running 32-bit, and have it running now as
>> 64-bit.
>>
>> Just because the backend is setuid mythtv doesn't mean that that it
>> gets the mythtv user's default path. In fact, that's virtually
>> guaranteed not to happen. Whatever script you have to start
>> mythbackend will need to set up the proper path in the environment.
>>
>
> Yup, the mythbackend init.d script needs to set the PATH for whatever
> directories it needs. Modern distros seem to be stripping both root
> and user paths down to the essentials.
Yep. Again:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/306521#306521
I'll be on the -users list if you have more questions.
Mike
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