[mythtv-users] what in the world is going on with database password??

[James Abernathy]

Jim Abernathy
jfabernathy at gmail.com



> On Oct 31, 2018, at 4:18 PM, James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> So I ran mythfilldatabase as 'mythtv'. problem solved.
>>> 
>>> This brings up what should be done to make this work all the time.
>>> 
>>> 1. Either leave General -> Primary IP as 127.0.0.1 or always do the bind-address=:: fix
>>> 
>>> 2. When doing mythtv-setup as "jim" don't run mythfilldatabase as part of exiting. Then sudo su mythtv and then run mythfilldatabase
>>> 
>>> 3. Or do I run the XMLTV setup stuff as "jim" and then link all the .xmltv stuff in /home/mythtv/.xmltv back to /home/jim/.xmltv
>>> 
> 
>>> #3 is a good idea IMHO. I always link the config file of xmltv from the /home/user/.mythtv folder of the user performing maintenance on the backend to the /home/mythtv/.mythtv folder. That way, mythfilldatase works for both (or none if there is a problem).
>>> 
>>> 
> I’m still having too many issues, but what I know works is to run as user ‘mythtv’ for creating the XMLTV stuff, and mythfilldatabase. I had to run mythtv-setup as user ‘jim’.
> 
> If 'I sudo su mythtv’, it exits with some error related to connecting to the display. Sam for ssh -Y or Desktop Terminal. 

Doing xhost + fixed the running mythtv-setup as user mythtv. My problem with not getting mythfilldatabase to run as ‘jim’ was a permissions issue.

Jim A

> 
> I’m going to keep testing because I think the XMLTV stuff had a problem.  Once I reran that I had success.
> 
> Jim A
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