[mythtv-users] which user should setup mythtv and xmltv??

[Jim Abernathy]

On 01/27/2018 07:19 PM, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 17:37:43 -0500, you wrote:
>
>> What determines that mythbackend runs as user 'mythtv'?  I assumed that
>> it did, but don't know that for a fact.
>>
>> Jim A
> In systemd systems, that is done in the systemd unit that runs
> mythbackend.  On Ubuntu 16.04, that is:
>
> /lib/systemd/system/mythtv-backend.service
>
> which looks like this:
>
> [Unit]
> Description=MythTV Backend
> Documentation=https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythbackend
> After=mysql.service network.target
>
> [Service]
> User=mythtv
> EnvironmentFile=-/etc/mythtv/additional.args
> ExecStart=/usr/bin/mythbackend --quiet --syslog local7
> $ADDITIONAL_ARGS
> StartLimitBurst=10
> StartLimitInterval=10m
> Restart=on-failure
> RestartSec=1
>
> [Install]
> WantedBy=multi-user.target
>
> The "User=mythtv" line is the one setting the user.
>
> If you have needed to modify the mythbackend unit, there will be a
> file like this one on my system:
>
> /etc/systemd/system/mythtv-backend.service.d/mythtv-backend-override.conf
>
> This file (and any other .conf files in that directory) can override
> any settings in the /lib/systemd/system/mythtv-backend.service.  So
> the User= setting could be overridden there.

Thanks, for the info. Found the file and it is the same as yours.

Jim A

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