[mythtv-users] This account is currently not available.

[Don]

Ivor Hewitt wrote:

> Don wrote:
>
>> Richard C. Isaacson wrote:
>>
>>> Are you just setting up your install? If so look at the shell in 
>>> /etc/passwd. You should be able to just do a su mythtv. Otherwise 
>>> change the shell that the account is using.
>>>
>>> -rich
>>>
>>> Don wrote:
>>>
>>>> [don at localhost don]$ su - mythtv
>>>> Password:
>>>> This account is currently not available.
>>>>
>>>> Why am I getting this error?
>>>>
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>> Are you just setting up your install?  .....yes.
>>
>> This is what /etc/password has;
>> mythtv:x:75:75:mythtvbackend User:/var/lib/mythtv:/sbin/nologin
>>
>> Otherwise change the shell that the account is using.
>> I do not know what this means?
>
>
> With ":/sbin/nologin" you have prevented this account having an 
> interactive login...
> and using "su - mythtv" you are trying to use the login shell.
>
> either change "/sbin/nologin" or just "su" instead of "su -"
>
[don at localhost don]$ su mythtv
Password:
This account is currently not available.

Just 'su' is 'root'.
'mythfrontend' opens using 'root' but  Is it wise to do this?

There is also this error;
[root at localhost don]# mythfrontend
2005-03-24 01:34:11.389 Inserting MythTV initial database information.
2005-03-24 01:34:11.390 Upgrading to schema version 1060
2005-03-24 01:34:11.391 DB Error (Performing database upgrade):
Query was: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS callsignnetworkmap (  id int(11) 
NOT NULL auto_increment,  callsign varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',  
network varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',  PRIMARY KEY  (id),  UNIQUE KEY 
callsign (callsign));
Error was: Driver error was [2/1]:
QMYSQL3: Unable to execute query
Database error was:
Can't create/write to file './mythconverg/callsignnetworkmap.frm' 
(Errcode: 13)

new version: 1060
2005-03-24 01:34:11.392 Couldn't upgrade database to new schema, exiting.
[root at localhost don]#

/sbin/login is an executable file with the symbols and such.
I don't have a clue how to change it.