Re: [Ltib] Fwd: ltib installation problem

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Peter/Douglas,

Applied with thanks.

Regards, Stuart

On 07/03/12 18:32, Peter Barada wrote:
> 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-----
>>> From: address@hidden
>>> [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf
>>> 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-----
>>> From: address@hidden
>>> [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf
>>> 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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