Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 13:05:23 -0500 (EST) From: Ragnar <bowden@cs.odu.edu> To: Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, jamie@inna.net Subject: Re: runas Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.90.960329130049.20345A-100000@tulip.cs.odu.edu> In-Reply-To: <199603250911.BAA01071@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>
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On Mon, 25 Mar 1996, Satoshi Asami wrote: Sorry it took so long to get back to you...the reason I submitted raw source, is that runas needs a bunch of compile time options...I don't really know what would be considered appropriate fro default options. It will use an ACF like sudo, but it's not necessary, and on a stadalone machine in someone's home, it's probably not necessary...I just thought you guys would be better suited to this..if you think it's worth having as a port/package (it's freeware, make it a package if you want)...look it over...if you think it's worth the time, I will put together a default port. > * Runas is a little program we use here instead of sudo...it compiles as > * is...no porting necessary..I use it on my home FreeBSD box, and on all > * the machines at inna.net. (freebsd ISP) as well. It is an alternative to > * sudo...we believe it to be easier and more secure. > > Thanks, but can you create a "port"? If it compiles out of the box, > there may be no *patching* necessary but that still doesn't mean I can > pull a port out of thin air. :) > > In particular, I need a Makefile with all the ftp information, and a > pkg/* subdirectory with the package description files. > > Please take a look at > > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/porting.html > > If it's so easy to compile, you can probably create the port by just > reading the "Quick Porting" and "Sample Makefiles" sections. > > * Content-Type: APPLICATION/octet-stream; name="runas-3.01.tar.gz" > > (To others: this was the original source.) > > Thanks! > > Satoshi > Jamie I am Lysdexic of Borg, your ass will be laminated.
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