[mythtv-users] Connect to backend issues

[Jonno]

Thanks. I eventually figured that it was running as mythtv but appreciate
the extra info on where upstart points to.


On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 3:04 PM, HP-mini <blm-ubunet at slingshot.co.nz> wrote:

> On Fri, 2013-09-27 at 10:05 -0500, Jonno wrote:
>
> >
>
> > If I set up the mysql user to jonno in the mythfrontend settings ->
> > general settings and then start the backend it connects and everything
> > works.
> > However on reboot mythbackend must be attempting to start either using
> > some other config or username as it can't connect to the backend.
> >
> >
> > My question is how should I set up the users and how do I find out how
> > to check/change the settings?
> >
> >
> > Ubuntu 13.04, Mythtv 0.27, AMD64
> >
> The backend (normally) runs as user mythtv.
> This is controlled/set by upstart script /etc/init/mythtv-backend.conf
> (see the mythtv wiki for upstart job info)
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Upstart_mythbackend_Configuration
>
> If you look in /home folder you should see "jonno" & "mythtv"..
> Each mythtv user looks into their $HOME/.mythtv/config.xml
>
> So your BE starting (automatically) as upstart job
> 'sudo start mythtv-backend start'
> will be looking in /home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml
>
> Manually starting BE from terminal in "jonno" login session (without
> setting user) results in BE running as "jonno" so different config.xml
> path..
>
> Good soln is to symlink all user $HOME/.mythtv/config.xml to one copy in
> the user "jonno" (easier to edit/control).
>
>
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