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Date:      Mon, 1 Jul 1996 21:31:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: src tree owners
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960701212923.228Z-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <31D82BF1.298C@ime.net>

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On Mon, 1 Jul 1996, Gary Chrysler wrote:

> Is it safe to chown the src tree so one can use it without
> having to be su.
> 
> Is there a `proper` way for this?

Why?  You have to be su to write to anything in there by default (and I 
know this from many personal experieneces forgetting to su to root before 
editing my kernel config :-).  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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