Re: [Ltib] Fwd: ltib installation problem

[Peter Barada]

On 03/07/2012 04:21 AM, Stuart Hughes wrote:
> Hi Douglas,
>
> I will do that.

How about:

Index: ltib
===================================================================
--- ltib    (revision 26853)
+++ ltib    (working copy)
@@ -2655,7 +2655,7 @@
 without a password.  This is needed for this build script to operate
correctly.
 
 To configure this, as root using the command "/usr/sbin/visudo",
-and add the following line in the User privilege section:
+and add the following line to the end of file:
 
 $cf->{username} ALL = NOPASSWD: $hostrpm, $cf->{rpm}
 

>
> Regards, Stuart
>
> On 06/03/12 20:04, Douglas Peterson wrote:
>> Perhaps we should change LTIB so that it says, "end of the file"
>> instead of, "in the User privilege section".
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Of Douglas Peterson
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 11:59 AM
>> To: Peter Barada; address@hidden
>> Subject: Re: [Ltib] Fwd: ltib installation problem
>>
>> That worked!
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Of Peter Barada
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 11:40 AM
>> To: address@hidden
>> Subject: Re: [Ltib] Fwd: ltib installation problem
>>
>> On 03/06/2012 01:52 PM, Douglas Peterson wrote:
>>> Below is my sudoers file. It is Ubuntu 11.04. If my sudoers file was
>>> not correct, I would get the same error that Giuseppe did (I recall
>>> that from my setup experience).
>>>
>>> The prompt I get when I run LTIB is (note that 'build' is the user
>>> name on this machine):
>>> [sudo] password for build:
>>>
>>> If I have recently entered the password, I won't get prompted. The
>>> point in the build process that I get prompted seems random. It
>>> generally happens during the merge step, but can be earlier or later.
>>>
>>> This sudo behavior is "normal". It works this way when I sudo
>>> anything, like "sudo rm -r rootfs" which I do fairly often.
>>>
>>> Douglas
>> I understand the "normal" behaviour - the change to add
>> /opt/ltib/usr/bin/rpm is allows LTIB to run its rpm as root w/o asking
>> for a password.  Try moving the line:
>>
>> build ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rpm, /opt/ltib/usr/bin/rpm
>>
>> to the absolute *end* of /etc/sudoers.
>>
>> As for the "random", that's because sudo doesn't think you have
>> permission to run LTIB's rpm as root and asks you - and as you
>> discovered, sudo gives you a window where it won't ask for the password
>> again (its like a few minutes)...
>>
>>>
>>> #
>>> # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
>>> #
>>> # Please consider adding local content in /etc/sudoers.d/ instead of
>>> # directly modifying this file.
>>> #
>>> # See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file.
>>> #
>>> Defaults    env_reset
>>>
>>> # Host alias specification
>>>
>>> # User alias specification
>>>
>>> # Cmnd alias specification
>>>
>>> # User privilege specification
>>> root    ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
>>> build ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rpm, /opt/ltib/usr/bin/rpm
>>>
>>> # Members of the admin group may gain root privileges
>>> %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
>>>
>>> # Allow members of group sudo to execute any command
>>> %sudo    ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
>>>
>>> #includedir /etc/sudoers.d
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Peter Barada [mailto:address@hidden
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 10:27 AM
>>> To: Douglas Peterson
>>> Cc: address@hidden
>>> Subject: Re: [Ltib] Fwd: ltib installation problem
>>>
>>> On 03/06/2012 11:55 AM, Douglas Peterson wrote:
>>> This has always bugged me, but I've never bothered to ask: If the
>>> purpose of adding this line is to execute rpm commands as root
>>> without a password, why do I have to enter a password (almost) every
>>> time I run ./ltib?
>>> You shouldn't have to.
>>>
>>> 1) What is it asking you sudo to do?
>>> 2) Which version if Linux are you running?
>>> 3) What does you sudoers file look like(i.e. what did you add)?  I
>>> have:
>>>
>>> peter  ALL = NOPASSWD:    /usr/bin/rpm, /opt/ltib/usr/bin/rpm
>>>
>>> At the absolute end of /etc/sudoers.  If you use a Cmd_Alias
>>> instead, I've run across a few Linux versions where that didn't
>>> work, it would always ask for a password...
>>>
>>>
>>> Douglas
>>>
>>>
>>> From: address@hidden
>>> [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf
>>> Of Peter Barada
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 8:50 AM
>>> To: address@hidden
>>> Subject: Re: [Ltib] Fwd: ltib installation problem
>>>
>>> On 03/06/2012 11:26 AM, Giuseppe wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> i'm trying to install LTIB for configure my kernel for imx53 QSB board.
>>> I want install ubuntu with driver for SIERRA SL8092 modem HSPA.
>>> I'm newbie. How i can do?
>>> thanks
>>> i have this error when i write./ltib:
>>>
>>> I ran the command: sudo -S -l which returned:
>>>
>>> Matching Defaults entries for giuseppe on this host:
>>>      env_reset
>>>
>>> User giuseppe may run the following commands on this host:
>>>      (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rpm, (root)
>>> /opt/freescale/ltib/usr/bin/rpm
>>>      (ALL) ALL
>>>
>>> This means you don't have sudo permission to execute rpm commands as
>>> root
>>> without a password.  This is needed for this build script to operate
>>> correctly.
>>>
>>> To configure this, as root using the command "/usr/sbin/visudo",
>>> and add the following line in the User privilege section:
>>>
>>> giuseppe ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rpm, /opt/ltib/usr/bin/rpm
>>> Giuseppe, you need to modify /etc/sudoers (run "sudo
>>> /usr/sbin/visudo") to allow you to run "/opt/ltib/user/bin/rpm" - it
>>> shows you can run "/opt/freescale/ltib/user/bin/rpm".  Make that
>>> change and this error should go away...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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