[Xastir] Trap for Young and Old

[Curt, WE7U]

On Tue, 24 Jun 2014, Liz wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 10:53:26 -0400
> David A Aitcheson <david.aitcheson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It depends how one sets the options in the config files; you can set
>> certain programs to automatically be "sudo'd" without additional
>> entering of a password. Me I just let them run and make me a semi-root
>> user, that way I don't have to risk typing in a password when
>> "nefarious" eyes are about.
>
> I have set my sudo that way, but we still haven't got a decision on an
> appropriate way to handle the need for xastir to have access to the
> ax25 port, without security risks.

If this page isn't adequate, let's add to it and then point other Wiki pages to it:

     http://www.xastir.org/index.php/HowTo:AX.25


> I don't know how to do it with a udev rule, as I've only hacked rules
> for hardware, and the hardware involved is different for each user.

Same here.

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