-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 16 Jan 2024 07:27:09 -0800 (PST) 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. ... and reboot naturally. > 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. As a Debian user without *sudo*, I have always run *su* from the *util-linux* package (which is deemed "essential") in a terminal session to push to a new shell with root authority, which seems simpler to me because I have a root password that I can use. Perhaps it is insufficient in documentation targeted at all comers to say, "Push to a shell with root authority," and leave it at that. Apparently it is fashionable to show the *sudo* form in code examples for those who may have *sudo* authority but still not know their root password. You could — instead — I suppose, show a stanza of the form: > $ sudo --shell > $ ... commands requiring root authority > $ exit ... which would be analogous to: > $ su > $ passwd > $ ... commands requiring root authority > $ exit ... and leave the choice about the kind of "push" stanza to the user. You could even document > $ su -c cmd > $ passwd as an alternative to > $ sudo cmd ... but seerwiously "Everybody" should understand what is going on with *sudo* whether they install it or not ... I think. - -- .. Be Seeing You, .. Chuck Rhode, Sheboygan, WI, USA .. Weather: http://LacusVeris.com/WX .. 8° — Wind W 15 mph -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EARECAB0WIQT+MY/5I/LMPSswTbVg2/xipKOWUgUCZahOjgAKCRBg2/xipKOW UpeYAJ4qvPiQ88/+gVcYWoVz8y1P/ES8kwCeNcvBCmxnGU72Ahvu3tMtPFmIabk= =1pkv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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/20240117160254.72f83859%40BigTimber.LacusVeris.com.
