[Xastir] Xastir release 2.1.6 has been published.

David Ranch xastir at trinnet.net
Sat Apr 18 14:05:24 PDT 2020 

Wow.. a Baycom user!  There aren't many of you guys left anymore but 
it's great to see things are still working!

For those of you who don't know what a BayCom modem is, it's NOT a 
traditional kiss TNC connected though a serial port.  Instead, it's a 
bit-banged serial port that really only work on real serial ports aka 
16450, 16550, 16650, etc.

--David
KI6ZHD


On 04/18/2020 10:28 AM, MLHPUB wrote:
> Right, with SUID root, AX25 socket is connectable.
>
> With this computer, it is the first time I use update-xastir script :
>
> - I had an old Debian package purged (apt-get purge xastir) never used 
> with AX25 port before switching to GIT
> - Previous binary was first built from GIT
> - Actual binary is built after use of update-xastir script
>
> The real problem is probably the user (me...) because I do not 
> remember if I changed permissions before the first use from GIT.
>
> My AX.25 setup is :
> - one "aprs" port described in /etc/ax25/axports
> - the following startup (with systemd) script to use an old Baycom on 
> a serial port
>
> ****************************************************
> modprobe mkiss
> modprobe hdlcdrv
> modprobe baycom_ser_fdx
> setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none
> sethdlc -p -i bcsf0 mode "ser12*" io 0x3f8 irq 4
> sethdlc -i bcsf0 -a txd 200 slot 100 ppersist 40 half
> ifconfig bcsf0 192.168.2.1 hw ax25 F4ACU-3 up
> ****************************************************
>
> 73
>
> Matthieu
> F4ACU
>
> Le 18/04/2020 à 18:49, Tom Russo a écrit :
>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 06:37:23PM +0200, we recorded a 
>> bogon-computron collision of the <mlhpub at free.fr> flavor, containing:
>>> It was not :
>>>
>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 1437288 avril 18 12:54 xastir
>>>
>>> And now :
>>>
>>> -rwxr-sr-x 1 root xastir-ax25 1437288 avril 18 12:54 xastir
>>>
>>> Does not change anything.
>>>
>>> Maybe I should remove the app and reinstall ?
>> I would not expect that to help in any way.
>>
>> There is an issue with how your AX.25 setup is done, and it isn't 
>> Xastir's
>> doing.  Without knowing that, it is hard to say what is wrong. The most
>> common set-up of AX.25 requires that Xastir be SUID root, but this 
>> has been
>> discussed as "insecure" for so long that some systems have other 
>> solutions,
>> including various group memberships (like, say, xastir-ax25?).
>>
>> You could try the more drastic measure of just setting Xastir to have 
>> SUID
>> root, which *should* make it able to connect to AX.25 interfaces no 
>> matter
>> how your system is configured.
>>
>>    sudo chmod u+s /usr/local/bin/xastir
>>
>> If that fixes things, you have to figure out why the supposedly more 
>> secure
>> group membership issue wasn't working.  You'll also have to figure 
>> out what
>> you did differently when you installed *this* binary compared to what 
>> you did
>> the last time.  If you had it working before, doing the same thing 
>> you did
>> to get it working before should have worked this time.
>>
>> The "update-xastir" script does none of this work for you --- it just 
>> builds
>> and installs the binary.  You have to do the permissions/security stuff
>> yourself.  These only impact AX.25 networking, which is the only 
>> thing Xastir
>> needs special permissions to use.
>>
>> How had you installed Xastir previously?  Was it via a package, or via
>> a source install?
>>
>>> Le 18/04/2020 ?? 17:50, Tom Russo a ??crit??:
>>>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 03:08:05PM +0200, we recorded a 
>>>> bogon-computron collision of the <mlhpub at free.fr> flavor, containing:
>>>>> Sorry, I forgot an important point : the user which run Xastir is 
>>>>> still
>>>>> member of xastir-ax25 and dialout groups.
>>>> And are you sure that the binary you installed is sgid xastir-ax25?
>>>>
>>>> sudo chmod g+s /usr/local/bin/xastir
>>>> sudo chown :xastir-ax25 /usr/local/bin/xastir
>>>>
>>>>> Le 18/04/2020 ?? 13:11, MLHPUB a ??crit??:
>>>>>> Hi Tom,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for update !
>>>>>> I just have run ./update-xastir script which downloaded and 
>>>>>> installed
>>>>>> v2.1.7.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With this version, the TNC AX25 interface does not start anymore.
>>>>>> I checked its name in /etc/ax25/axports where it is correct.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any idea ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73 de F4ACU
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Matthieu
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Le 18/04/2020 ?? 00:51, Tom Russo a ??crit??:
>>>>>>> I just pushed out a point release of Xastir 2.1.6.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Users of the master branch code will see no difference --- it's 
>>>>>>> just that
>>>>>>> we need a numbered release available so that pacakge maintainer 
>>>>>>> can get
>>>>>>> the benefit of all the changes that have happened since 2.1.4 back
>>>>>>> in July
>>>>>>> of 2019.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you're a package maintainer for any distro and were stuck at 
>>>>>>> version
>>>>>>> 2.1.4, you might well want to update to 2.1.6 now --- especially 
>>>>>>> if the
>>>>>>> distro you're working on is getting ready to lock down package 
>>>>>>> versions.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Note that some optional features have been removed --- notably, 
>>>>>>> dbfawk
>>>>>>> is now required for shapelib support, which means pcre is not 
>>>>>>> optional.
>>>>>>> The "--with-dbfawk" and "--with-pcre" options of configure are 
>>>>>>> removed.
>>>>>>> If shapefile support is requested then pcre is required, and
>>>>>>> automatically
>>>>>>> enables dbfawk.?? These are all controlled by the single 
>>>>>>> "--with-shapelib"
>>>>>>> option.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Release notes and downloadable source archives at:
>>>>>>> https://github.com/Xastir/Xastir/releases/tag/Release-2.1.6
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Share and Enjoy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The master branch now identifies itself as version "2.1.7" (as 
>>>>>>> is our
>>>>>>> custom on this project, odd numbers mean "version of the day off 
>>>>>>> master"
>>>>>>> and even are tagged releases).
>>>>>>>
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