[mythtv-users] mythtv XMLTV wiki instructions

[James Abernathy]

On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 8:15 PM Mark Perkins <perkins1724 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

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> *From:* "A. F. Cano" <afc54 at comcast.net>
> *Sent:* Thursday, 30 July 2020 9:25 am
> *To:* mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> *Subject:* Re: [mythtv-users] mythtv XMLTV wiki instructions
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> On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 04:48:05PM -0400, James Abernathy wrote:
> >    On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 2:20 PM Mark Perkins <[1]
> perkins1724 at hotmail.com>
> >    wrote:
> >
> >
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> >      From: James Abernathy <[2]jfabernathy at gmail.com>
> >      Sent: Thursday, 30 July 2020 2:02 am
> >      To: Discussion about MythTV
> >      Subject: [mythtv-users] mythtv XMLTV wiki instructions
> >
> >        I noticed the addition of:
> >        Be sure to read: [3]#MythTV_Setup. Hint: sudo --login
> --user=mythtv
> >        in the mythtv xmltv wiki.  I normally just sudo su mythtv and
> then do
> >        all the commands to set up the XMLTV.  However today I thought I
> just
> >        see how prefacing the normal instructions with the sudo --login
> --user
> >        mythtv and got an error message on on the second command in the
> >        setting up with tv_grab_zz_sdjson_sqlite:
> >        jim at mythbuntu:~$ sudo --login --user=mythtv
> tv_grab_zz_sdjson_sqlite
> >        --configure --config-file $HOME/.mythtv/SD.xmltv
> >        Failed to write to /home/jim/.mythtv/SD.xmltv.TMP at
> >        /usr/local/share/perl/5.30.0/XMLTV/Configure.pm line 187.
> >        Not sure why and just thought I'd report it.
> >        I'll stick to my tried and true method of just sudo su mythtv and
> then
> >        do all the work. And when I did it this time I just initialized
> and it
> >        all worked.
> >        Jim A
> >
> >
> >
> >      What does this return?
> >      sudo --login --user=mythtv echo $HOME
> >      And how does it compare to:
> >      sudo su mythtv
> >      echo $HOME
> >
> >    Yeap, it different:
> >    jim at mythbuntu:~$ sudo --login --user=mythtv echo $HOME
> >    [sudo] password for jim:
> >    /home/jim
> >    jim at mythbuntu:~$ sudo su mythtv
> >    mythtv at mythbuntu:/home/jim$ echo $HOME
> >    /home/mythtv
> >    mythtv at mythbuntu:/home/jim$
> >    Jim A
>
> Interestingly, on Debian 10/stable (up to date) I get the same $HOME:
>
> <custom-prompt> sudo --login --user=mythtv
> $ echo $HOME
> /var/lib/mythtv
> $ ^D
> <custom-prompt> sudo su mythtv
> <custom-prompt> echo $HOME
> /var/lib/mythtv
> <custom-prompt> ^D
> <custom-prompt>
>
> The only difference is that with the --login option it executes a login
> shell, which does reset the PS1 variable, which is otherwise not changed
> in the second case.  I set PS1 to a <custom-prompt> in ~/.bash_aliases,
> called from ~/.bashrc.
>
> This is probably how it's supposed to work.
>
> Augustine
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>
> Decided to check the wiki - yes it appears the command should be two lines
> not one.
>
> Or more specifically - the intention (hint) is not to preface the normal
> instructions with the sudo --login --user mythtv. The intention is to use
> sudo --login --user mythtv without a command at the end to open an
> interactive shell and enter the commands inside that shell.
>

In my book that's the same as "sudo su mythtv".  You have to exit from that
to get my to your normal user as well. I generally start by doing "cd" just
to make sure I'm at $HOME. But it works either way.

Jim A
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