[GRASS-user] Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper: strange sudo hints printed at startup

[twiens]

I don't know why either, but I get the same message on
Dapper too.

T

> Hi,
> 
> When I start Grass 6.1, 5.5 or 6.01 on Ubuntu Dapper I
> receive strange hints about using sudo for some purpose.
> No matter if I start Grass with -gui or -text. I don't
> understand why I would need sudo for anything with Grass.
> 
> Example:
> 
>     Welcome to GRASS 6.1.cvs (2006)
>     GRASS homepage:                         
> http://grass.itc.it/
>     This version running thru:               Bash Shell
> (/bin/bash)
>     Help is available with the command:      g.manual -i
>     See the licence terms with:              g.version -c
>     Start the graphical user interface with: gis.m &
>     When ready to quit enter:                exit
>     To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use
> "sudo
>     <command>".
>     See "man sudo_root" for details.
> 
>     To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use
> "sudo
>     <command>".
>     See "man sudo_root" for details.
> 
>         ^^^
>         those look strange!
> 
>     GRASS 6.1.cvs (xy):~ >
> 
> 
> 
> What could it be? I can reproduce this strange behavior on
> other Dapper box, but I never had such thing on previous
> Ubuntu (Breezy) version, though I'm installing Grass the
> same way I used to (building from source,
> --prefix=/usr/local).
> 
> I tried adding 'set -x' debugging flag at the top of
> $GISBASE/etc/Init.sh, but the output still doesn't explain
> why the sudo tip could be printed, here goes few lat lines
> of the output:
> 
> 
> 
>     + '[' -f
> /usr/local/grass-6.1.cvs/locale/pl/etc/welcome ']'
>     + cat /usr/local/grass-6.1.cvs/etc/welcome
>     Welcome to GRASS 6.1.cvs (2006)
>     + echo 'GRASS homepage:
>     http://grass.itc.it/'
>     GRASS homepage:                         
> http://grass.itc.it/
>     + echo 'This version running thru:               Bash
> Shell
>     (/bin/bash)'
>     This version running thru:               Bash Shell
> (/bin/bash)
>     + echo 'Help is available with the command:     
> g.manual -i'
>     Help is available with the command:      g.manual -i
>     + echo 'See the licence terms with:             
> g.version -c'
>     See the licence terms with:              g.version -c
>     + '[' text = text ']'
>     + echo 'Start the graphical user interface with: gis.m
> &'
>     Start the graphical user interface with: gis.m &
>     + echo 'When ready to quit enter:                exit'
>     When ready to quit enter:                exit
>     + case "$sh" in
>     + USERHOME=/home/shoofi
>     + HOME=/home/grassdata/xy/PERMANENT
>     + export HOME
>     + bashrc=/home/grassdata/xy/PERMANENT/.bashrc
>     + rm -f /home/grassdata/xy/PERMANENT/.bashrc
>     + echo 'test -z  && . /etc/profile'
>     + echo 'test -r ~/.alias && . ~/.alias'
>     + echo 'umask 022'
>     + echo 'PS1='\''GRASS 6.1.cvs (xy):\w > '\'''
>     ++ g.gisenv GISDBASE
>     ++ g.gisenv LOCATION_NAME
>     ++ g.gisenv MAPSET
>     ++ g.gisenv GISDBASE
>     ++ g.gisenv LOCATION_NAME
>     ++ g.gisenv MAPSET
>     ++ g.gisenv GISDBASE
>     ++ g.gisenv LOCATION_NAME
>     ++ g.gisenv MAPSET
>     ++ g.gisenv GISDBASE
>     ++ g.gisenv LOCATION_NAME
>     ++ g.gisenv MAPSET
>     + echo 'PROMPT_COMMAND='\''if test -d
>     /home/grassdata/xy/PERMANENT/grid3/G3D_MASK && test
>     -f/home/grassdata/xy/PERMANENT/cell/MASK ; then echo
> [Raster and
>     Volume MASKs present] ; elif test -f
>     /home/grassdata/xy/PERMANENT/cell/MASK ; then echo
> [Raster MASK
>     present] ; elif test -d
>     /home/grassdata/xy/PERMANENT/grid3/G3D_MASK ; then
> echo [Volume
>     MASK present] ; fi'\'''
>     + '[' -r /home/shoofi/.grass.bashrc ']'
>     + echo 'export
> PATH="/usr/local/grass-6.1.cvs/bin:/usr/local/grass-6.1.cv
> s/scripts:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bi
> n:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/home/shoofi/bin/moje
> :/usr/lib/qt3//bin:/home/shoofi/bin/FWTools-linux-1.0.0a7/
> bin_safe:/home/shoofi/bin"'
>     + echo 'export HOME="/home/shoofi"'
>     + /usr/local/grass-6.1.cvs/etc/run /bin/bash
>     To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use
> "sudo
>     <command>".
>     See "man sudo_root" for details.
> 
>     To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use
> "sudo
>     <command>".
>     See "man sudo_root" for details.
> 
>     GRASS 6.1.cvs (xy):~ >
> 
> 
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Maciek
> 
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Trevor Wiens
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