How to run NextPVR as a process (without the terminal)

[mvallevand]

Yes dscl

Code:

sudo dscl . -create /Users/nextpvr
sudo dscl . -create /Users/nextpvr UserShell /usr/bin/false
sudo dscl . -create /Users/nextpvr RealName "NextPVR"
sudo dscl . -create /Users/nextpvr UniqueID 501
sudo dscl . -create /Users/nextpvr PrimaryGroupID 20
sudo dscl . -create /Users/nextpvr NFSHomeDirectory /var/empty

No home folder I use /var/nextpvr/recordings for recordings. and I use the plist to point to /var/opt/nextpvr with the data files as discussed before.

[Allan]

Creating a nextpvr user is what I was missing when I was struggling to get the launchdaemon to work. My workaround did the job, but I think your method is more orderly.

One thing: 501 is the UID that the OS assigns to the first interactive user when a new mac is set up. Each subsequent interactive user set up in users and groups gets the next number (502, 503, etc.). I am guessing that 501 was available because you deleted the user that initially had that UID. In most cases, assigning UniqueID 501 would not work. I don't know what would happen, probably an innocuous failure with an error message, but its possible it would break the active 501 user.

I believe that 1000 and up are the UIDs that are conventionally assigned to this kind of user. Out of curiosity, does nextpvr user show up in users and groups?

For the information of anyone who wants to determine what UIDs are available, the command to list all users and their UIDs is:
dscl . -list /Users UniqueID
or just existing UIDs in the 1000 range:
dscl . -list /Users UniqueID | grep 1...

[mvallevand]

I just picked the next system user on my machine but it could be any 500 level

Martin