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

Stephen Worthington stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz
Thu Nov 1 11:30:35 UTC 2018


On Thu, 1 Nov 2018 07:16:59 -0400, you wrote:

>
>On 11/1/18 4:20 AM, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>> On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 21:04:27 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>>> Jim Abernathy
>>> jfabernathy at gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Oct 31, 2018, at 4:18 PM, James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>> Does the mythtv group exist?  Users jim and mythtv should be members
>> of group mythtv.  That should make running MythTV programs work from
>> user jim.
>
>Group mythtv exist and jim is a member, the problem was by running XMLTV 
>stuff as mythtv it only put read only permission for Group and Others. 
>Once I gave Group R/W, user jim could run mythtv-setup which runs 
>mythfilldatabase on exit.
>
>Since I'm having issues still with X running mythtv-setup remotely via 
>ssh -Y after 'sudo su mythtv', I'm going to stop at only doing XMLTV 
>stuff as 'mythtv' and do everything else as 'jim' so terminal and ssh -Y 
>will work.
>
>If I get this flawless, then I have one set of instructions that work if 
>duplicated exactly. I'll definitely document the permission issue I 
>found.  Although the Mythtv-> XMLTV Wiki does call it out, you have to 
>read carefully and take each line to heart.
>
>Jim A

The mythtv user is often set up as a minimal configuration - no
password.  So adding a password to it can help with login problems:

sudo passwd mythtv

Then you can login using the mythtv user directly.


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