[mythtv-users] How to reset mythfrontend setup password

[Mark Bobak]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Michael T. Dean
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 08/14/2012 08:58 AM, Mark Bobak wrote:
>>
>> Can someone help?  When I attempted to go into mythfrontend
>> 'Settings', I was prompted for a password.  But, I never set one.  Not
>> sure what happened here.
>>
>> Can someone tell me where I can see the currently set password, or
>> simply wipe out the currently set password?
>
>
> The only "password" we have for setup in mythfrontend code is:
>
> Setup PIN code
> This PIN is used to control access to the setup menus. If you want to use
> this feature, then setting the value to all numbers will make your life much
> easier. Set it to blank to disable. If enabled, you will not be able to
> return to this screen and reset the Setup PIN without first entering the
> current PIN.
>
> If that's it, you can either view/change a value in MythWeb settings or
> override it with:
>
> mythfrontend -O SetupPinCode=12345
>
> then go into the main General setting section (not the one under Video) and
> change/remove the code properly, then restart mythfrontend.
>
> And, before anyone starts crying foul, this is /not/ a security mechanism
> intended to protect you/your MythTV box from people with malicious intent.
> It's simply meant as a way to try to keep "friendlies" out of setup (i.e.
> the little ones who are too young to know not to mess around in there).
>
> Mike|
>
> |* I guess I really should have chosen a PIN that's different from the
> combination on my luggage.  Time to change the combo on my luggage, it
> seems.

Thanks Mike.  I'll try that when I get home.

-Mark