Note sounds like a plausible idea. Debian Wiki has a good explanation at : Debian Sudo <https://wiki.debian.org/sudo/>
Paul On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 10:27 AM matthew wall <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 10:16:40 AM UTC-5 Paul R Anderson wrote: > > Agree sudo should be a prerequisite. > > > i know! we will add a line to the instructions: > > sudo apt install sudo > > oh, wait... ;) > > in the case of the debian (or redhat or suse) installers, it is not as > easy as just add 'sudo' to the weewx package dependency, since you not only > have to install sudo, but also make the appropriate non-root user a sudoer. > > we end up with yet another fork in the installation instructions. the > forks for systemd/sysv/launchd and pre-requisites already complicate things. > > but perhaps we can just add a note, with reference to wiki page with > complete details about what sudo is and how to configure sudoers. > > m > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-development" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/66acf882-26d5-41ce-8888-ef1bf8375db3n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/66acf882-26d5-41ce-8888-ef1bf8375db3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-development" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/CAOAVAefCwm2YEVv5itBQhA8%2BVeaMUiZJwMwGw-nUFdjY-ww%3DaA%40mail.gmail.com.
