[Xastir] Trap for Young and Old

[David]

Hi David......i t is a problem that ears its head if you use a AX25 Tnc port
but it could impact other things at times

i will do some testing of the update-xastir script with the line added
an see if it works with each update

thanks for the info David

73 David VK4BDJ





On 18/06/14 12:45, David A Aitcheson wrote:
> Actually that line is in the file just commented out and replaced with
> "chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/xastir"
>
> Thus for Dave VK4BDJ's benefit a simple edit of the update-xastir script
> would fix the problem as long as update-xastir does not get changed with
> each update.
>
> Which would be the equal of a dog chasing its own tail endlessly.
>
> 73 Dave KB3EFS
>
> On 06/17/2014 08:41 PM, David A Aitcheson wrote:
>> Curt/Tom,
>>
>> This occurrence leads me to wonder if we should consider adding "chmod
>> 4755 /usr/local/bin/xastir" as the last line (or near to the last line)
>> to the script ./update-xastir for the next release?
>>
>> 73
>> Dave
>> KB3EFS
>>
>>
>> On 06/17/2014 05:58 PM, David wrote:
>>> Hi All......A couple of days ago i used ./update-xastir on my Linux
>>> Mint 17
>>> box ....update was ok but i found i couldnt access my AX25 tncport
>>> "socket: Operation" not permitted message came up in terminal that i
>>> started
>>> it in......went round and round trying to find the answer..not too
>>> much white hair to pull out
>>>
>>> I had a thought about the chmod of xastir that was in the HowTo:AX25
>>> from the Xastir web site...
>>> went and did the "chmod 4755 /usr/local/bin/xastir"
>>> and bingo i was back in business
>>>
>>> obviously when i did the update it replaced the xastir bin file so
>>> needed the chmod again..
>>>
>>> them's the breaks .....ive added this one in my notebook so i wont get
>>> caught again
>>>
>>> 73 David VK4BDJ
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