User should be told what the mythtv user account password is

[Timothy Smith]

Binary package hint: mythtv

When mythtv is installed it creates the user mythtv which does not show up in the gnome user manager. The password for this account is never given. It is necessary to do certain tasks as this account to setup a mythtv machine. The user should be told the password for this account or prompted to create the password for this account.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

The mythtv isn't intended for general usage. Any users that will be using mythtv need to be added to the mythtv group.

[Timothy Smith (tas50)]

The wording needs to be changed during the install then. It tells the user to run the mythtv-setup application using that account. That's a bid hard for a newbie to do without knowing the password to the account.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

Timothy,
Thanks for the heads up here. I'm going to update the packaging, some
things were missed indeed.

On 3/27/07, Timothy Smith <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> The wording needs to be changed during the install then. It tells the
> user to run the mythtv-setup application using that account. That's a
> bid hard for a newbie to do without knowing the password to the account.
>
> --
> User should be told what the mythtv user account password is
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/96739
>

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