[mythtv-users] upgrading from .25 to .26

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Fri May 10 15:34:00 UTC 2013


On 05/10/2013 11:05 AM, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 10/05/13 14:56, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, Bill and Rich.  Looks good.  I like the addition of the ssh -Y,
>> too--many users don't know how to upgrade a headless backend.
>>
> A tip. I discovered, when I migrated from Mandriva to Debian, that ssh 
> -Y didn't work, because the .xauth credentials weren't being carried 
> over properly when you su'd on the target box.
>
> The way round this is to use sux (yes, really) instead of su. This 
> sometimes complains but allows full use of X tunneling. sux is 
> available from apt.
>

I usually do:  ssh -l mythtv -Y <hostname> mythtv-setup

Do most distros disable login for the mythtv user or would that work?

Mike


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