Hello, I was under the impression, and maybe this is wrong, Fedora uses Sudo by default.
In any case, unless a user is well versed in using root on a system implemented with Sudo, they should not be using root as it will cause all sorts of problems. I have no desire to mix root and sudo commands in this script as it will no doubt lead to problems for users on a sudo system installation. Personally, I have no problem using either implementation, but those new to Linux or using these packages for the first time could find themselves in a mess rather quickly. I'm not going to debate the merits of using or not using Root / Sudo, as that is up to the user to determine, however, with the next release of WSJT-X (v1.7.x series), it is expected KVASD will not longer be needed, as such, kvasd-installer will no longer be needed. At the time of it's writing, the new FOSS decoder was not yet on the drawing board, and kvasd-installer was a work around for packaging issues. If you want to use Root v.s. Sudo, simply search and replace the calls or remove the sudo prefix commands completely and call the script from the root user directly. 73's Greg, KI7MT On 1/1/2016 04:26, Bill Somerville wrote: > Hi All, > > forwarding this here as I'm not sure if Greg or Richard are best able to > answer Saku's questions. > > 73 & HNY > Bill > G4WJS. > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: Kvasd installer > Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2016 11:09:40 +0200 > From: Sakari Nylund <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: Bill Somerville <[email protected]> > > > > Hi Bill! > > Happy new year! > > This might not be your target, but as a member of development team I'll > inform you about kvasd-installer. > > I just installed a fresh copy of Fedora 23 (32bit) to old laptop and now > I'm filling it up with software I'm going to use. > > Noticed that kvasd-installed does not work as said in wsjt-x 1.6.0 manual. > > There are 2 snapshots included. > > Problem is that not every user is included into sudoers list. I > personally do not use sudo at all. I always do su (+root password) > when needed, as cracking user password (who is in sudoers list) may lead > also to root access. > > It took few seconds for me to find where in heavens kvasd binary is as > download (after first error shown) went ok . > Regular user may have more difficulties with this. > > I suggest a line "Give username for user in sudoers list, or use root" > and next line "give password" > rather than "[sudo] password for person xxxx" > > As it is impossible question if user XXXX is not included to sudoers list. > > > -- > Saku > OH1KH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
