[Xastir] Xastir release 2.1.6 has been published.

MLHPUB mlhpub at free.fr
Sat Apr 18 14:49:37 PDT 2020 

Funny to be as a veteran (but only 42 yo) :)
I don't know if I can join a file but here is a picture of the BayCom 
(for a soldering repair) with the cat.

73

Matthieu
F4ACU


Le 18/04/2020 à 23:05, David Ranch a écrit :
>
> 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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