[plug] Fwd: python issue

[gavin chester]

On 19 March 2012 10:22, Tim White <weirdit at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 19/03/12 01:40, Gavin Chester wrote:
>>
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>> https://github.com/mvanderkolff/sbsOnDemand/downloads
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> Thanks, Lance. I've been digging and playing, and corresponding with the
>> script maintainer. Long story short, the changes to sbs and the subsequent
>> updated script broke the way I had been using the script for months. I
>> stumbled on the fact that I can now get both sbs and iview scripts to work,
>> but only by running as sudo. I've tried to chase the sources of the
>> permission problems, but am happy to have them work again for now.
>
>
> Very odd that it only works with sudo. A git clone this morning of the
> sbsOnDemand script, ./setup.py install, and I'm able to download and watch
> SBS! (No sudo other than the setup.py install).
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux sara-linux 3.0.0-15-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 20 17:23:00 UTC
> 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> Fairly update Ubuntu 11.10. I have 3.0.0-16 installed, but haven't yet
> rebooted, so might reboot and see if I get similar problems to you. Only
> thing I can think of with network traffic and needing sudo, is something
> like selinux preventing the script from connecting to the network and hence
> the error?

SELinux? That's only on fedora/redhat, isn't it? Anyway, running Mint
lisa with latest kernel and python as per this:

python 2.7.2+

Linux gavin-Inspiron-N5050 3.0.0-16-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 14
12:48:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

It seemed to be one or the other that made things go a bit awry with
that script. Yes, I also ran the setup.py as sudo but still have to
run the downloader script as  sudo. This was after a quick stab at
changing obvious file ownership. Seems that associated files and/or
scripts don't  have 755 permissions or sumfing. Curious.

Gavin