tracker1 wrote to wiki.synchro.net <=-
Wiki edit of http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix by tracker1:
[Creating the Synchronet Directory]
tracker1 wrote to wiki.synchro.net <=-
Wiki edit of http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix by tracker1:
[Creating the Synchronet Directory]
An improvement, perhaps, but still... my thinking is that somebody who doesn't (already) know they can't create /sbbs without being root isn't going to know how to do the "run as root" that you added. They don't
know *how* to run that command as root.
Would it be better to first instruct them to "su" to root, or to preface
the commands with "sudo"? The example prompts ('$') might need to be changed to '#' also...? Just my (unrequested) input. ;-)
Re: Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page changed: install:nix
An improvement, perhaps, but still... my thinking is that somebody who doesn't (already) know they can't create /sbbs without being root isn't going to know how to do the "run as root" that you added. They don't know *how* to run that command as root.
Would it be better to first instruct them to "su" to root, or to preface the commands with "sudo"? The example prompts ('$') might need to be changed to '#' also...? Just my (unrequested) input. ;-)
The wiki is editable by just about anyone. Go for it!
An improvement, perhaps, but still... my thinking is that somebody who doesn't (already) know they can't create /sbbs without being root isn't going to know how to do the "run as root" that you added. They don't know *how* to run that command as root.
Nelgin wrote to Gamgee <=-
Re: Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page changed: install:nix
By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Thu Oct 06 2022 20:23:43
An improvement, perhaps, but still... my thinking is that somebody who doesn't (already) know they can't create /sbbs without being root isn't going to know how to do the "run as root" that you added. They don't know *how* to run that command as root.
You're making assumptions that the sbbs account that was setup
(as you say in the wiki article, let's assume), then they may not
have given the user sudo permissions, so are you going to mention
then also? Then...if they didn't know how to run something as
root, how would they have created the account in the first place?
Then again, I think someone setting up a bulletin board for the
first time is likely to pick the OS they know. I don't most
people who have only ever used Windows are going to say, "Ah,
Synchronet, I think I'll put that on an OS I know nothing about".
Nelgin wrote to Gamgee <=-
Re: Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page changed: install:nix
By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Thu Oct 06 2022 20:23:43
An improvement, perhaps, but still... my thinking is that somebody who doesn't (already) know they can't create /sbbs without being root isn't going to know how to do the "run as root" that you added. They don't know *how* to run that command as root.
You're making assumptions that the sbbs account that was setup
(as you say in the wiki article, let's assume), then they may not
have given the user sudo permissions, so are you going to mention
then also? Then...if they didn't know how to run something as
root, how would they have created the account in the first place?
No argument with any of that... I think on many n00b-friendly distros nowadays, you can make a user account with a GUI applet that only
requires your own password to authenticate, so perhaps they made the
'sbbs' user that way. I know, that's another assumption. It's nearly impossible to cover all possible scenarios for this, without a
ridiculously long instruction document.
Then again, I think someone setting up a bulletin board for the
first time is likely to pick the OS they know. I don't most
people who have only ever used Windows are going to say, "Ah, Synchronet, I think I'll put that on an OS I know nothing about".
Certainly. I think the edit(s) have improved the explanation, though,
and that was the goal. It's better than it was. Maybe I'll have
another go at it if I come across any leftover motivation... ;-)
Digital Man wrote to Gamgee <=-
Then again, I think someone setting up a bulletin board for the
first time is likely to pick the OS they know. I don't most
people who have only ever used Windows are going to say, "Ah, Synchronet, I think I'll put that on an OS I know nothing about".
Certainly. I think the edit(s) have improved the explanation, though,
and that was the goal. It's better than it was. Maybe I'll have
another go at it if I come across any leftover motivation... ;-)
And try to remember when editing the wiki: Linux is not the only
*nix supported by Synchronet. What's true for Linux may not be
true for other Unix-like OSes.
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