On 15/09/05, PAUL WILLIAMSON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/15/05 7:32 AM >>> > > >On 15/09/05, PAUL WILLIAMSON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You shouldn't be running MythTV as root. There is no reason > > > for /home/.mythtv to exist because you installed MythTV > > > as root. Bad thing. In general, it's not good to > > > installing anything as root because you're lazy. Sorry, > > > that's what you said... > > > > What do you mean by install as root? > > I really mean run as root. Sorry for the confusion. > I meant running as root. > > > I'm sure I got an error when I tried to install (using rpm) > > as anything other than root. > > Yep. I think root is the only one who can make modifications > to the rpm database, which is what happens when you > install an application. > > > So what I did was: > > > > create the mythtv account > > install the mythtv rpms as root > > ran mythtvsetup as user mythtv > > ren mythfilldatabase as user mythtv > > You should also have (if necessary) done a chown -R mythtv ~mythtv > somewhere in there. I can't remember what the ownership is, > but something tells me it's root. > > > Now I'm starting mythbackend as a service (which I presume > > means it's running as root). > > > > Not necessarily. It all depends on your startup script. > If you followed Jarod's guide, he is very clear on what to > do as the myth uiser, and what to do as root. > > Step 14, configuring automatic startup, shows how > to enable mythbackend to start up automatically > as your mythtv user. If you did that step as root, > then yes, you're running mythbackend as root. > To make sure, just do a 'ps -ef|grep mythbackend' > and it will show you who the process is owned by. > All mine are owned by mythuser. > > > And I'm starting mythfrontend as user mythtv. > > > > Is this right? > > It sounds like you may be about half right... > > Paul
Yes I think I must have slipped up somewhere, because I'm pretty sure that mythbackend is running as root. I'll look when I get home tonight. Sadly for me Jarod's ability to write the guide seems to be better than my ability to follow it :-( because it wouldn't be the first mistake I've made through not reading it carefully enough. Thanks for the reply. D _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
