[mythtv-users] FrontEnd will connect if feels like it

[Roger Siddons]

On 07/07/16 23:20, Mike Perkins wrote:
> It would be better to symlink the whole directory by dropping step 2:
>
> "ln -s /etc/mythtv /home/barry/.mythtv"
>
> That way you get access to the caches, source definitions, etc.
>

I disagree.
/etc is intended for system configuration.
/etc/mythtv only contains config.xml, which is created during installation.

All caches are created by the frontend. They're per-user data and should 
reside in /home, as all configuration directories do.

And you'll surely get permission issues when the frontend tries to write 
into /etc/mythtv.

Symlinking config.xml is a special case to reduce confusion
https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Config.xml#A_note_for_newcomers

Note that you can just delete the /home/barry/.mythtv directory; the 
frontend will just recreate it, but the config.xml will be copied rather 
than symlinked.