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#191
ok, right tidied up the app ready to lean this bit.....
I'm going to sound incredibly noobish... (Tis all in the name i say!)......

Precisely. Place a file in /etc/sudoers.d with a command that you want whitelisted for running as root via sudo (standard sudoers syntax), instead, and run "update-sudoers" in the postinst and postrm scripts of the package.
I'm assuming that means for example if i want to run apt-get clean
It needs to be added somehow to /etc/sudoers.d


Not sure what you mean by -
run "update-sudoers" in the postinst and postrm scripts of the package.
My package is pretty simple... 2 py files and the usual desktop, service and icons...
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two files in debian control

postinst & postrm
Code:
#!/bin/sh

#update sudoers

update-sudoers
create the following file

etc/sudoers.d/healthcheck.sudoers
Code:
user ALL = NOPASSWD: /<path>/command
put all the commands you need to run as root.

this will allow commands to be run as root when your package is installed, and stopped when package is removed.
 

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Originally Posted by fred123 View Post
two files in debian control

postinst & postrm
Code:
#!/bin/sh

#update sudoers

update-sudoers
create the following file

etc/sudoers.d/healthcheck.sudoers
Code:
user ALL = NOPASSWD: /<path>/command
put all the commands you need to run as root.

this will allow commands to be run as root when your package is installed, and stopped when package is removed.


wow thank you!!!!
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#194
ok... getting there i think now...
SO for example my sudoers file would for example look like this?

user ALL = NOPASSWD: /apt-get %users ALL = NOPASSWD: /sbin/reboot

i'm assuming id i put apt-get in there, i can use all apt-get commands if needed?
(Just tring to find apt-get so i can put it in the right path...


Now.....
two files in debian control

postinst & postrm
No idea what you mean, as when i package i then use autobuilder - and tbh - never heard of debian control etc... (Really new to linux and python, sorry)

But the code looks just like something i need to put in a file!..
Code:
#!/bin/sh

#update sudoers

update-sudoers
So am i right i nthinking i need to create a postinst & postrm file with this code in it? ... if so, where do i put these files, and how to they get run? (Auto by app manager?)


Sorry for the multiple q's!
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user ALL = NOPASSWD: /apt-get %users ALL = NOPASSWD: /sbin/reboot
Code:
user ALL = NOPASSWD: /apt-get
user ALL = NOPASSWD: /sbin/reboot
one command per line

postinst & postrm go in /DEBIAN folder in your package folder structure.

I am just starting with linux development as well, used to do .net dev on windows this quite different!
 

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w00000p thank you! - will work on this tomorrow yay!
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hmmmmm need some help peoples... (no change here then!)

At the moment i read the firmware versions and return something like PR1.1 - or PR1.1.1 ....
Quite easy to do at the moment... but i will hit a snag when new firmware versions come out, as i will have to update the code, then wait the 10+ days to get it out to people.... Not much help...

A few way rounds i can think of are....
Listing the versions on my website and parsing it directly from there (not good if people dont have or want to use the internet.)

or

Giving the user the ability to download a text file with them listed in, and update when they want.

Are there any other ways people can think off? or any previous good examples?
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hi, cant upgrade tp latest version as it say i need audiopulse installed.
 
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Originally Posted by noobmonkey View Post
hmmmmm need some help peoples... (no change here then!)

At the moment i read the firmware versions and return something like PR1.1 - or PR1.1.1 ....
Quite easy to do at the moment... but i will hit a snag when new firmware versions come out, as i will have to update the code, then wait the 10+ days to get it out to people.... Not much help...

A few way rounds i can think of are....
Listing the versions on my website and parsing it directly from there (not good if people dont have or want to use the internet.)

or

Giving the user the ability to download a text file with them listed in, and update when they want.

Are there any other ways people can think off? or any previous good examples?

you could parse the firmware download site, which should
be upto date within 24 hours of OTA. ?
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hehe. i would have no idea where to start on that one. didnt realise you could pull off a list from there? good idea though!!
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