[mythtvnz] Xmltv options not showing

[Jason Taylor]

root at myth-tv:~# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:*/usr/local/bin*
:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

Jason

2008/10/30 Robin Gilks <g8ecj at gilks.org>

>
> > sudo echo $PATH
> > /usr/local/sbin:*/usr/local/bin*
> > :/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
> >
> > Its still there
> >
>
> I seem to recall a similar problem that was due to perl running in some
> sort of secure mode that wouldn't allow it to run as root. I had to make
> sure that the backend (which fires off mythfilldatabase and hence the
> xmltv stuff) was run as a normal user otherwise it failed silently.
>
> Also, using sudo inherits the path of the user running it (I think!!) so
> your check with 'sudo echo $PATH' may not show the true state.
>
> --
> Robin Gilks
>
>
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