[mythtv-users] Running mythtv-setup over X as mythtv user

Thomas Boehm mythtv-users at lists.boehmi.net
Tue Jan 28 14:41:55 UTC 2014


On 28.01.2014 15:23, Ian Evans wrote:
> Running mythbuntu and my login user is not the mythtv user and the 
> mythtv user doesn't have a password.
>
> I know I've run mythtv-setup over X a couple of years ago, but I'm 
> pretty sure I ran it as my user. This time I want to make sure it's as 
> mythtv.
>
> I've already logged into the box as me via putty, which is set to 
> forward X. What command line should I be trying to get this to work? I 
> tried sudo su - mythtv mythtv-setup but got "-su: 0: Can't open 
> mythtv-setup"
>
> I think I'm caffeine-deficient this morning. :-)
>
>
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How do you ssh into your backend? Do you use "-Y" as command line option?
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