View source for Troubleshooting:Unable to connect to the master backend server

Q: When trying access the program guide or recordings from the frontend, I am told that the backend is not running (''or some variation'') but I know it is. <br>
A: There could be a few reasons this occurs.  The first is that the IP address in [[mythtv-setup]] isn't correct.  

Another possibility is that you don't have permission to access the [[MySQL]] tables using the username and password you entered into mythtv-setup.  The following commands will change the mysql password to "mythtv" for user 'mythtv':
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# mysql -u root mysql
mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('mythtv') WHERE user='mythtv';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> quit
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