[nos-bbs] nos-bbs Digest, Vol 100, Issue 20

[George [ham] VerDuin]

I have joined the same camp as JJ some time ago.
My choice was to create the user named "jnos" on one 24/7 headless 
server host at home to give round-the-clock access to the local 2-meter 
network and use SMTP/POP protocol for email transfer to any other 
desktop on the LAN.  The RS-232 link from the server to the TNC used a 
pair of short-haul modems and cheap 2-pr tel wire. Maintenance -- just 
use ssh to login as jnos user and have at it. Sudo when root was 
needed.  It just worked.


On 11/19/2012 09:28 AM, JJ wrote:
>
> I run my jnos as a regular user in ubuntu-based linux mint 10 and mint 
> 13.....using this method if you want to run tunnel iface:
> http://kb8ojh.net/packet/jnos.html
>
There is the configuration for sudo that may be set for convenience so 
the selected user of jnos does not require a passwd.  Because I grew up 
with *nix many years ago I don't ever favor root priveledges for 
ANYTHING [except system maintenance of course].  Just personal.

There are a couple things requiring root however.  To set the "forward" 
switch is one.  It is probably for these reasons that some other hams 
favor just running in root.  In order to honor what I just wrote, I use 
root to insert the switch setting into the boot script to get it done, 
at the end of jnos there is no need to turn forward off so it remains 
good.  Also give the selected user write permission during boot to the 
/dev/port that jnos will use.  As you attempt to run jnos as a regular 
user the system will error out on the root-needed features and that 
might be the time to implement a solution for your particular OS choice.

All the best to you jerome -- Linux will make more sense when you finish.
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