From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 4 23:23:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27A9A1065675 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 23:23:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd3mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F00C38FC13 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 23:23:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd3mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr4so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.180]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0K1Y002WLOYQWIH0@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:23:14 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml1so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.145]) by pd3mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0K1Y0073GOYPP830@pd3mr4so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:23:13 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gom.home ([70.67.160.176]) by l-daemon (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0K1Y0021ROYOGVA0@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:23:13 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id A698CB839 for ; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:23:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:23:10 -0700 From: prad In-reply-to: To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <20080604162310.7f483ddf@gom.home> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: Subject: Re: Errors with pkg_add 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: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:23:15 -0000 On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:27:09 -0500 Phusion wrote: > - pkg_add -r packages, works when running as root > - pkg_add -r packages, errors out when using sudo > i found something similar. i think this may be because the sudo only works to execute the pkg_add, but not handle subsequent matters that requires root access. i don't know if there is a way around it. -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's