On 2018-07-24 13:48, Dave Howorth wrote:
I went into YaST / System / Services Manager and tried to start mythbackend. I got an error that I don't understand. Here's the YaST log:
First I start mythbackend:
2018-07-24 12:35:04 <1> acer-suse(7430) [Ruby] clients/services-manager.rb:64 User returned `start_stop 2018-07-24 12:35:04 <1> acer-suse(7430) [Ruby] clients/services-manager.rb:240 Setting the service 'mythbackend' to active 2018-07-24 12:35:04 <1> acer-suse(7430) [Ruby] modules/services_manager_service.rb:221 Service mythbackend has been marked for activation
Then I click OK:
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I don't understand what "Invalid user/group name or numeric ID" means. The mythtv user is there with a userid of 471 and a description of "MythTV Backend User" and is a member of audio and video groups. (created by the system, not by me). There are no special groups.
Does anybody understand what this means or how to fix it?
Just use the systemd proper command to enable/activate the service. Forget YaST. systemctl status mythbackend systemctl enable mythbackend systemctl start mythbackend systemctl status mythbackend If you want to post the result, copy the text to a text file and attach it. As you did, with wrapped lines, it is too difficult to read. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.3 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)