From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 28 18:40:02 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 155B716A41C for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:40:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bob@fxp.org) Received: from chaos.fxp.org (chaos.fxp.org [216.155.111.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D991F43D49 for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:40:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bob@fxp.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.fxp.org [127.0.0.1]) by chaos.fxp.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54CE228444; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:40:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from chaos.fxp.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (chaos.fxp.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 64305-01; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:39:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: by chaos.fxp.org (Postfix, from userid 1103) id 6EFE628440; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:39:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:39:52 -0400 From: Bob Bomar To: brian.barto@spectrum-health.org Message-ID: <20050628183952.GA31217@chaos.fxp.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at fxp.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install ports as non-root user? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bob Bomar List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:40:02 -0000 --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 02:37:17PM -0400, brian.barto@spectrum-health.org w= rote: > 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 the= re > a way to install ports as a non-root user or allow non-root users to inst= all > ports? >=20 security/sudo, been using it for years, you can specify which users can use what commands. --=20 Bob Bomar bob@ibsd.us ----------------------------- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCwZl49Jm/aTrtdKoRAs2sAKCOrdbfwJhDi80imAJ59F1NUNyi7QCeNeTp MFS+nz3TDaXtvvhH1AT+u60= =QBM7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx--