From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 28 18:34:28 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2F9316A41C for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:34:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brian.barto@spectrum-health.org) Received: from mail.spectrum-health.org (mail.spectrum-health.org [167.73.110.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7BF5E43D53 for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:34:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brian.barto@spectrum-health.org) Received: from DCMSMTA01.spectrum-health.org ([10.3.29.53]) by mail.spectrum-health.org (SMSSMTP 4.0.0.59) with SMTP id M2005062814360718262 for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:36:07 -0400 Received: by DCMSMTA01.spectrum-health.org with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2658.3) id ; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:34:27 -0400 Message-ID: From: brian.barto@spectrum-health.org To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:37:17 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2658.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Install ports as non-root user? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:34:28 -0000 Hi all. I'm looking to make a non-privileged user the owner of all my software so I don't have to act as root when installing, configuring, and updating software. Furthermore, I won't have to give out the root password to others who need rights to configure software. I noticed my ports collection is entirely owned by root and requires root to install. Is there a way to install ports as a non-root user or allow non-root users to install ports? Thanks, Brian