[mythtv-users] myth.find_orphans.pl

Glenn Harris gharris+list+mythtv at eklo.com
Thu Jul 30 14:32:53 UTC 2009


On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Jack McGee<jack at greendesk.net> wrote:
> I have need to run this, but it errors with:
>
> DBI connect('database=mythconverg:host=PVR1','mythtv',...) failed: Access
> denied for user 'mythtv'@'PVR1' (using password: YES) at
> myth.find_orphans.pl line 99
>
> I am running .21, on Ubuntu 8.04, one combined FE/BE (PVR1)

Did you specify the password on the commandline?
It does not use the mythtv config file.  You have to either edit the
script itself (it defaults to mythtv:mythtv), or use commandline
options.

I got to play with this script last weekend when my nice, new 2tb
drive died.  Good times.

--Glenn


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