On 12/11/2015 10:57 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Hi all, > > I've just installed fbx 0.6 with plinth 0.7.1 on sid. I thought I would > share the bumps I encountered along the way. > > The first I have already mentioned on irc, and Sunil has responded. I > include it here for completeness. I think that asking users on install > if they want to activate macchanger is beyond the technical skill of a > part of the targeted audience for freedombox. MAC addresses will be > confused with IP addresses. I think it would be better to choose a > sensible default for the user, or offer more of an explanation of what > macchanger is and why someone might want, or might want not, to use it.
Macchanger is kind of broken right now. I created a bugs to track this problem[1] along with another bug[2]. > > Second, since applications can be installed via Plinth, I think it would > make sense that they also be uninstallable via Plinth. So far I've only > installed mumble-server, but I noticed there was no option to uninstall > if I change my mind about wanting to run a server. I can disable it, > but that isn't the same as removing it. This is in progress[3] > > Lastly is the fbx user. Currently, users are told that if they don't > have hardware corresponding to the available images, they can have > freedombox by installing it on an existing debian system. It's > recommended that it be a fresh install. But, they need to be warned to > setup that fresh install using fbx as the username of the first user > account created during install. I got locked out of my box and had to > reinstall debian because the user name I created for that first account > during install was not fbx. I created a bug to track this problem[4]. > > At the same time, I wonder if it's wise to have a known user name that > is the same on all fbx's. It seems like an attack vector. Would it be > possible, given all the setup you do in the background on first setup, > to not have to use that name for the admin user? In other words, would > it be possible to let the person setting up the box choose the name of > their admin user? This will likely be fixed this release by removing the password on fbx user and with a special tool that sets passwords inside images if necessary a user is necessary[5]. > > Anyway, I'm super stoked about how fast you guys are making progress. I > can't wait to play more in the coming days. > > Thanks for all the help you given so far, and good luck as you move > forward. > Thanks for the valuable feedback. Links: 1) http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=807724 2) https://github.com/freedombox/Plinth/issues/48 3) https://github.com/freedombox/Plinth/issues/266 4) https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=807725 5) https://github.com/freedombox/freedom-maker/pull/37 -- Sunil
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