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Autor: David Hare
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sudo is set up automatically by /lib/live/config/0040-sudo .. unless
"nocomponents=sudo" is on the cmdline. By default for "user" unless
"username=xyz" is specified.

On 18 May 2016 at 14:52, fsmithred <fsmithred@???> wrote:
> On 05/18/2016 05:04 AM, KatolaZ wrote:
>> On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 09:44:23AM +0100, David Hare wrote:
>>> What is ${netconfig_opt} in live.cfg?
>>>
>>
>> It's coming from refracta, I guess. It should probably be removed in
>> the future.
>
> Yes, ${netconfig_opt} is from refractasnapshot and can be turned on/off in
> the config file. When enabled, it adds ip=frommedia to the boot command,
> and will preserve network configs for ifup/ifdown, wicd and gnome
> NetworkManager: /etc/network/interfaces, /var/lib/wicd/configurations, and
> /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections.
>
> I'm looking at the code now - those network config files are not excluded
> from the filesystem copy, and they get removed from $work_dir/myfs/ unless
> you enable the option.
>
> It's useful for making a snapshot of a system you want to use with your
> own network, and it's dangerous if you enable it and then distribute the
> iso, thus giving away your wireless passwords.
>
>
>>> "username=devuan" is not on cmdline, causing error messages and sudo failure
>>>
>>
>> There is no sudo configured, and probably there will never be. There
>> is a root account, with credentials root/toor.
>>
>
> The username option does not appear to be needed for console-only
> sessions. Refracta Snapshot 9.3.x adds this option automatically if the
> username is anything other than "user", and it uses the name for whoever
> has uid:gid of 1000:1000. There's a setting in the config file to override
> this and use whatever username you put there. I don't think I've tested
> what happens if you put a second user's name there (e.g. whoever is
> 1001:1001.)
>
>
>
>>> Menu entry "nomodest" is removed (is useful for problem graphics cards)
>>>
>
> I think it's also removed in the boot menu of my unofficial live beta, but
> it's still there in refractasnapshot. No plans to get rid of that.
>
>
> -fsr
>
>
>
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