Re: mythbackend starting before mySQLd

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Paul Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
> George,
>  do you allow read/write to your "/var/lib/mythtv/config.xml"
>
> message in backend log
> 2012-09-14 08:16:45.075208 E [2445/2445] CoreContext configuration.cpp:112
> (Save) - Could not open settings file /var/lib/mythtv/config.xml for writing
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 2:57 AM, George Galt <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 5:18 AM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > On Fri 31/08/2012 10:52 PM, The Walters wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> # daemon --user mythtv $binary $OPTIONS
>> >>>     daemon sleep 10; $binary $OPTIONS
>> >>
>> >> should be a space between daemon and sleep.  Sorry for the new thread
>> >> and
>> >> top post on the
>> >> previous message one too many mail programs open.
>> >>
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>> > I just noticed this in the syslog too
>> >
>> > mythbox systemd-tmpfiles[29725]: stat(/run/user/mythtv/gvfs) failed:
>> > Permission denied
>> >
>> > any idea?
>> >
>> > Paul
>> >
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>> Paul:
>>
>> Here is my "mythbackend.service" file, locate at:
>> /lib/systemd/system/mythbackend.service
>>
>> ###################################################
>> # file located at /lib/systemd/system/mythbackend.service
>> # use "systemctl enable mythtbackend.service to load
>> # based on a template from RPMFusion and R.G. Newbury from this thread:
>> #
>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/516650?search_string=mythbackend.service%20;#516650
>>
>> [Unit]
>> Description=MythTV backend service
>>
>> After=network.target mysqld.service
>> # for mythweb: not necessary so 'wants' not 'after'
>> Wants=httpd.service
>>
>> [Service]
>> Type=simple
>>
>>
>> Environment=MYTHTV_HOME=/var/lib/mythtv
>> Environment=MYTHCONFDIR=/var/lib/mythtv
>> Environment=HOME=/var/lib/mythtv
>> # NOTE: using the "mythtv" user, NOT root.
>> User=mythtv
>>
>> # NOTE: if you have other switches you want, insert them below.  This
>> # is set to use log files in /var/log/mythtv.  Make sure that the
>> # location of the HOME/MYTHCONFIG files, logs and the pid file
>> # are writeable by the user designated above.
>> ExecStart=/usr/bin/mythbackend --logpath /var/log/mythtv
>>
>> [Install]
>> WantedBy=multi-user.target
>>
>> #####################################
>> ## end of file
>>
>> This works fine for me using FC16 x86_64 and Axel's builds.  I don't
>> seem to have any permission problems.  I don't think I had to set any
>> special permissions on any files.
>>
>> George
>>
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Yes, the mythtv user owns the mythtv subdirectory under /var/lib and
can write to that directory and also owns the config.xml file.
Obviously /var/lib itself is not writable by mythtv.

George