Re: mythtv v34 installation if user 'mythtv' is already crea…

On Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 05:08:21PM +0100, Christian Marillat wrote:
> We already check HOME in mythtv-backend.postinst and
> mythtv-common.postinst with this command:
>
> getent passwd mythtv | awk -F: '{ print $6}'
>
> But I don't know how to do that in the service file.
>
> Any ideas ?

I found this seems to work after a bit of trying things:

[Unit]
Description=MythTV Test
After=mysql.service network.target

[Service]
User=mythtv
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/mythtv-backend
ExecStart=echo $HOME
StartLimitBurst=10
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=1

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

So it seems just don't set HOME environment, it is already done correctly
for the User=mythtv part. Maybe it wasn't always that way in the past.

I got this output:

Mar 01 11:44:42 mythtv64 systemd[1]: Started mythtv-test.service - MythTV Test.
Mar 01 11:44:42 mythtv64 echo[3332855]: /var/lib/mythtv
Mar 01 11:44:42 mythtv64 systemd[1]: mythtv-test.service: Deactivated successfully.

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Len Sorensen