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Date:      Fri, 26 Jun 1998 00:36:48 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      albast <albast@xs4all.nl>
To:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: make buildworld needs root privs , why ?
Message-ID:  <199806252236.AAA03091@xs2.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <199806251956.VAA14707@trantor.stuyts.nl> from Paul van der Zwan at "Jun 25, 98 09:56:47 pm"

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> Is there a reason 'make buildworld' needs to be done as root ??
> If I run it as a normal user it fails pretty quickly when it installs
> make :

it sets some 'schg' flags, amongst things
why would you want to build the whole buildworld target as 'normal' user?

> install -c -s -o bin -g bin -m 555   make /usr/obj/usr/source/src/tmp/usr/bin
> install: /usr/obj/usr/source/src/tmp/usr/bin/make: chown/chgrp: Operation not permitted
> *** Error code 71
> 
> Shouldn't it be possible to builworld as a non-priviliged user and only
> make installworld as root ???

Regards
--
     Jeroen Hogeveen  //   Users to the left of me, bosses to the right;
    albast@xs4all.nl  //   here I am -- stuck in the middle with root.

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