Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:06:46 +0900 From: Joel <rees@ddcom.co.jp> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: chmod -R g+w /usr/ports? Message-ID: <20050406200627.C9C7.REES@ddcom.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <20050406102339.GA2506@droopy.unibe.ch> References: <20050406190138.C9C1.REES@ddcom.co.jp> <20050406102339.GA2506@droopy.unibe.ch>
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On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 12:23:39 +0200 Tobias Roth <roth@iam.unibe.ch> wrote > On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 07:12:30PM +0900, Joel wrote: > > I'm sure this is a flamewar kind of question. I did at least search the > > ports archive for "chmod". > > > > So, here's my probably shallow analysis: > > > > My general admin user is a member of wheel. The ports tree is all group > > wheel. Therefore, > > > > chmod -R g+w /usr/ports > > > > and I can at least make without being root. > > > > What am I missing, besides the obvious -- make install won't fly without > > su or sudo? > > you're missing WRKDIRPREFIX Thanks, t. Does that mean that if the port honors WRKDIRPREFIX, I can even make install without switching to root? No? Actually, what I'm trying to ask about is the advisability of opening the ports tree to writes from the group, if I make sure the only member of wheel is the admin user I use for installs. (I hardly make sense to myself sometimes.) -- Joel Rees <rees@ddcom.co.jp> digitcom, inc. $B3t<02q<R%G%8%3%`(B Kobe, Japan +81-78-672-8800 ** <http://www.ddcom.co.jp>; ** Don't mean to be dense, I was just born that way.
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