On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Moz <list...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Onkar, > > Wow, you are surely peeved at the method I use, which must mean that it is > an incorrect way of doing it. I surely do not know why it is incorrect as I > am not an experienced user or a programmer, I am just a simple villager > living in a remote village running my computer on solar power. > > I have the following three lines in my /etc/rc.local, at the bottom of > the file: > > > sudo -S modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1010 < > /path/to/filewithuserpassword > > > </snip> > > Where did you learn about this *genius* way to load modules on > startup? And you are writing down your password in a file for that? > > > And yes, I am writing down my password in a file for that, which means it > can be compromised. But then a lot us 'end-users' are not all that security > conscious and share our machines with a lot of local people. What if someone > hacks into this machine? Well, I do take the risk.
I initially thought you read the instructions on some public forum, hence such reaction. I didn't mean to *slap* anyone and I apologize if the tone of my reply that way. Few more points. 1. All the command in /etc/rc.local are run as root user at the startup. So you don't need to add sudo to any command. I can understand that this came from your less knowledge about linux system. I hope you will keep this tip in mind next time. 2. Even though a normal user is ignorant about security, there is no reason why one should remain in that state. In my opinion security is a necessary not luxury. Hence I told you the correct way. > If you want to load a module on startup, simply add it to > /etc/modules. If you want the module to be added with specific options > then create a file /etc/modprobe.d/modulename and add options to that > file. > > > Thanks for this Onkar, but I do not know enough to follow your advice. So I > add usbserial to /etc/modules? And create a file /etc/modprobe.d/usbserial > with the vendor and product options as above? Yes, you understood it correctly. You can read other files in /etc/modprobe.d to see how options are actually written. Onkar -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
