Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:04:57 -0400 From: "Daniel Staal" <DStaal@usa.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: build ports from not a root user? Message-ID: <80674226c5ead62b213864dcd36b6a75.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <20110721100259.GA5326@external.screwed.box> References: <20110721100259.GA5326@external.screwed.box>
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On Thu, July 21, 2011 6:02 am, Peter Vereshagin wrote: > I'd like to build my ports from not a root user. > How can I tell the ports system that it should su ( switch user ) before > to > build the dependencies? > Can portupgrade handle this? > Dependencies should be installed from a root user. Install sudo, and (as long as your permissions are set correctly) the ports system can do everything except the install and configure from a user in the 'wheel' group. Daniel Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------
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