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<p>Worm6666: /* Sample FAQ Heading */</p> <hr /> <div><br /> ==User Generated ZoneMinder Frequently Asked Questions ==<br /> <br /> These are user generated FAQs for ZoneMinder.<br /> The official ZoneMinder FAQ can be found at http://zoneminder.readthedocs.org/en/latest/faq.html<br /> <br /> Please treat this page as a supplement to the official FAQ. If you have tips that are not covered in the official FAQ<br /> please add them here. If we find some tips really interesting, we may move them to the official FAQ.<br /> <br /> You can add your FAQ by following the format below<br /> <br /> === Sample FAQ Heading ===<br /> Sample FAQ answer.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> === Montage Layout Names duplicity ===<br /> <br /> Problem with Montage Layout naming - using same name &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;causes creating new one instead of updating existing one...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS Focal Fossa - easy setup - thank You ZoneMinder !&lt;br&gt;<br /> - but then You need to access the database &quot;zm&quot; - and I searched and found easy solution and modified a little...&lt;br&gt;<br /> - in this case - I use webui of phpmyadmin to manage the content of database - it is easy for beginners,&lt;br&gt;<br /> and You cannot harm the database so easy like with bad syntax on command line...&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;1./ log-in to terminal as su&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> sudo su<br /> (provide password for Your superuser)&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;2./ install phpmyadmin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> apt-get install phpmyadmin<br /> - I have used for both apache2 and lighttpd&lt;br&gt;<br /> - I have created custom password (for example: PASSword123)&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;3./ modify access to databases for default user &quot;phpmyadmin&quot;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> - enter mysql:&lt;br&gt;<br /> mysql -u root -pzm<br /> - pzm is for -p and zm because &quot;-p zm&quot; with space don&#039;t work...&lt;br&gt;<br /> - I have used command for all databases for easy use...&lt;br&gt;<br /> GRANT ALL ON *.* TO &#039;phpmyadmin&#039;@&#039;localhost&#039;<br /> - this causes that user &quot;phpmyadmin&quot; has all databases on host visible and editable&lt;br&gt;<br /> - normaly it would look like this - only for &quot;zm&quot; database&lt;br&gt;<br /> GRANT ALL ON zm.* TO &#039;phpmyadmin&#039;@&#039;localhost&#039;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;4./ delete or modify unwanted layouts&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> - connect from browser:<br /> http://localhost/phpmyadmin<br /> - username &quot;phpmyadmin&quot;<br /> - password &quot;PASSword123&quot;<br /> - open database &quot;zm&quot; and look for table &quot;MontageLayouts&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> - do what You want (study how layout is defined...) :-)&lt;br&gt;<br /> - or simply delete unwanted or broken layout - after this refresh page with layout and&lt;br&gt;<br /> in the dropdown menu of layouts is the deleted one (or more) not more available...&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Don&#039;t forget - MYSQL and PHPMYADMIN are two DIFFERENT things...&lt;br&gt;<br /> - also take care about usernames and passwords&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;<br /> <br /> ----</div>

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