Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 10:01:35 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Cc: manek@ecst.csuchico.edu Subject: Re: Non-root updating & building Message-ID: <200212101801.gBAI1Z68027886@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <LMEMIKHGPPEEMMMMGIENCEENFBAA.manek@ecst.csuchico.edu> References: <LMEMIKHGPPEEMMMMGIENCEENFBAA.manek@ecst.csuchico.edu>
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In article <LMEMIKHGPPEEMMMMGIENCEENFBAA.manek@ecst.csuchico.edu>, Sameer R. Manek <manek@ecst.csuchico.edu> wrote: > In addition to what the other 2 posters said, in order to update, the > non-root user has to be able to write to /var/sup. > > Don't know why this has to be the case, perhaps John can answer why, or > perhaps change that in future versions. Others already pointed out that it's /usr/sup unless you have a custom "base" setting in your supfile. To answer your question, that's where CVSup records its status. So whoever runs CVSup has to be able to write there. John -- John Polstra John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Chögyam Trungpa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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