Using blobsaver with sudo on Linux hint in Wiki or Readme

[Tuerpe]

Hey there,
sorry, it might seem really dumb but i think it would be nice to have a hint in the Wiki under "blobsaver on Linux" or in the readme that its mandatory to use blobsaver on linux with su privilegs. If i had this Info (not your fault just my total braindeadness) it would have saved me a bad day yesterday because i got stuck in recovery mode. On Linux (Im using Fedora) blobsaver cant detect my Iphone (13 Pro Max) in recovery mode without su privilegs.

Thx for reading and greetings:)

[xerz-one]

Alternatively, I think it would be best to just have the program call polkit or an equivalent tool to request privilege escalation when needed.

[superrnovae]

Use this udev rule and you won't need su privileges

# Handle iOS devices in DFU and Recovery mode - for use with libirecovery

# Change group and permissions of iOS devices in DFU, legacy WTF, and Recovery mode
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="05ac", ATTR{idProduct}=="122[27]|128[0-3]", MODE="0666"

ACTION=="bind", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="05ac", ATTR{idProduct}=="122[27]|128[0-3]", MODE="0666"

[Tuerpe]

Thx for sharing this method. But i think it would be helpful for some users, if theres a hint in the readme or wiki for either using sudo or your solution. As mentioned, it gave me a very bad day :D and the solution was so obvious.

[superrnovae]

That is because there is a udev rule that comes bundled with libirecovery. In addition to the rule above it sets the owner and group access on the device, but it wasn't working for me. Seems the same happened in your case. I tinkered a bit and made it work by only changing the mode and saving it as 39-libirecovery.rules to override the existing one.

[Tuerpe]

hm okay. I thought I was the problem. :D Maybe this "bug" happened to me too.

[xerz-one]

I mean... yeah, this probably needs to be kept open imho. Like at the very least blobsaver should be able to figure out something is wrong and how to work around it.

[xerz-one]

is this gonna become my job now