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    patching kernel. dpatch permissions

    Hi, I am trying to get my orinoco based wireless cards in monitor mode. It looks like I may need to patch the kernel source. So I decided to install the 2.6.11 kernel and patch it with the orinoco-2.6.11-rfmon-dragorn-1.diff patch.
    I was following the steps outlined in http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/Ker...geDetailedHowto
    but I come unstuck at the point where I have to make a dpatch.
    this is my command
    sudo dpatch patch-template -p "orinoco-2.6.11-rfmon-dragorn-1" "orinoco rfmon patch" < {pathto}orinoco-2.6.11-rfmon-dragorn-1.diff > debian/patches/orinoco-2.6.11-rfmon-dragorn-1.dpatch
    this is the answer I get
    bash: debian/patches/orinoco-2.6.11-rfmon-dragorn-1.dpatch: Permission denied

    Now I take it this is some sort of limitation of sudo?
    How do I get around it?
    (I am using hoary with kernel 2.6.10-5-386 at the moment)
    Thanks for your help
    arnie

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    Re: patching kernel. dpatch permissions

    try doing sudo -s <enter> then type the command.

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    Re: patching kernel. dpatch permissions

    Quote Originally Posted by jerome bettis
    try doing sudo -s <enter> then type the command.
    Thanks for that, but I was just going to reply to my own email. I fixed it by changing permissions to the user of debian/patches, and also of the patch itself.
    ( I realised there was no need to do it as root)
    but I will remember sudo -s for the next time I am stumped

    Arnie

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    Re: patching kernel. dpatch permissions

    not directly reply above threads's question, but related.

    some patch problem, please help

    I download somefile.orig.tar.gz and somefile.diff.gz
    I gunzip both files
    then
    patch somefile.orig.tar somefile.diff
    then it 's directory has little bit weired for me, like to see advancer's recheck
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    patch util-linux_2.12p.orig.tar util-linux_2.12p-6ubuntu5.diff

    root@etutor:~/src/somepatch# ls
    00list 50hurd.dpatch fstab.example2 README.script
    10agetty.dpatch 60_opt_O1.dpatch hwclock.sh rejected-upstream
    10cal-widechar.dpatch 70umount-disableuserremount.dpatch lintian-override rules
    10cfdisk.dpatch 71swsusp-resume.dpatch mime.util-linux shlibs.local
    10debian.dpatch bsdutils.postinst mount.fstab util-linux_2.12p-6ubuntu5.diff
    10fstab.dpatch bsdutils.prerm mount.postinst util-linux_2.12p.orig.tar
    10license.dpatch changelog mount.prerm util-linux_2.12p.orig.tar.orig
    10misc.dpatch changelog.Debian-mount.old postinst util-linux-locales.postinst
    10mount.dpatch conffiles postrm util-linux-locales.prerm
    10sparcumount.dpatch control preinst
    20guesshelper.dpatch copyright prerm
    20xgethostname.dpatch fdformat README.Debian.hwclock
    root@etutor:~/src/somepatch#
    -------------------------------------------------
    fsshl

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