[mythtv-users] New to "sudo" Needs Some Help

Jonathan Rogers me at jonathanrogers.name
Sat Mar 1 00:43:15 UTC 2008


On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 2:29 PM, David Stuller <dcstuller at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have been using Fedora for my mythtv needs until recently I have been
> having problems with frontend lockups (I suspect and issue with nfs or
> nvidia)
>  anyway I decided to try ubuntu.  So far so good.  I am trying to get the
> Sirius plugin to work within mythtv and can't seem to get it work.  I have
> success within
>  a terminal window using the command "sudo sipie_myth play octane" but when
> trying to use a myth page for this (following the wiki) nothing ever
> happens....  Can anyone help point me in the right direction.... Not sure
> what to try next.....  I also notice from the terminal that is I don't use
> sudo and type "sipie_myth play octane" it work but the command "sipie_myth
> kill" doesn't work......

Why does the sipie_myth command need to run as root? I don't have
Sirius service and don't know much about sipie, but it appears to be a
userspace network client program, so I don't think it should need any
special permissions. If everything related to sipie is started from
mythfrontend, I think it should all be able to run as the same user as
mythfrontend.
-- 
Jonathan Rogers


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