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

[Howard Cokl]

--- Don <dlw3 at tds.net> wrote:
> 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?
> >>>>
> >>>> dlw
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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.
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Become root and at the command prompt type
 usermod -s `which bash` mythtv