ethercat_grant

This is a repo for the pr2-grant utility. It makes it possible to run the ros_ethercat_loop without requiring root privileges.

Installation

If you installed this package from apt-get then you're good to go. (This is definitely the recommended way)

If you compiled this package from source, then you'll need to copy the resulting ethercat_grant executable to /usr/local/bin and add the sticky bit to it: sudo chmod +s /usr/local/bin/ethercat_grant.

Use

Using ethercat_grant makes it possible to not use sudo anymore for running the ethercat main loop. Just use launch-prefix="ethercat_grant" in your launch files for the ros_ethercat_loop.

When releasing this package (developers only)

If we change the scripts/postinst post installation script, it has to be manually copied, commited and pushed to the branch with name debian/ROS_DISTRO/ethercat_grant inside the debian directory (where ROS_DISTRO is one of melodic, noetic...)

e.g. https://github.com/shadow-robot/ethercat_grant-release/tree/debian/noetic/ethercat_grant/debian

See http://answers.ros.org/question/191779/add-postinstall-rule-for-deb-package-creation/

Changelog for package ethercat_grant

0.3.2 (2022-06-07)

• Fixing CHANGELOG
• Contributors: Fotios

0.3.1 (2022-06-07)

• Updating README file

0.3.0 (2021-03-15)

• Updating README file
• Create postinst
• Delete postinst
• Create LICENSE
• Delete LICENSE.md
• Create LICENSE.md
• Migrating to Noetic
• Create CODEOWNERS (#8)
• Contributors: Fotios, maxzieba, mikramarc

0.2.4 (2018-09-13)

• Migrated to package.xml version 2

0.2.2 (2018-09-13)

• Modify postinst script

0.2.1 (2016-12-29)

0.2.0 (2016-12-29)

• Modify postinst script

0.1.1 (2015-04-10)

• Modify postinst script

0.1.0 (2015-04-07)

• Add postinstallation script
• Change package name