[mythtv-users] MythTV Install

[Janusz S. Bien]

Quote/Cytat - Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> (Sun 07 Sep  
2014 10:36:35 PM CEST):

[...]

> Debian and Ubuntu have a quirk that when you install mythtv, the  
> database 'mythconverg' is created with a randomised password. This  
> is supposed to be a security measure.

And this it confusing if you accept the default password proposed by  
the frontend.

>
> To find out what password was created, go to the home directory of  
> the mythtv user (usually 'mythtv')

Really? It seems to me mythtv is a special kind of a user without a  
home directory.


> It used to be the case that you would have to grant extra  
> permissions on the database to get things to function. If you are  
> using Debian or Unbuntu flavours, that should no longer be necessary.

This weekend I had a lot of problems configuring MythTV on Debian sid  
(almost succesfully) and Ubuntu 14.10 (unsuccesfully) and it seems to  
me that it is still needed, but I am not completely sure.

Regards

Janusz

-- 
Prof. dr hab. Janusz S. Bień -  Uniwersytet Warszawski (Katedra  
Lingwistyki Formalnej)
Prof. Janusz S. Bień - University of Warsaw (Formal Linguistics Department)
jsbien at uw.edu.pl, jsbien at mimuw.edu.pl, http://fleksem.klf.uw.edu.pl/~jsbien/