Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 19:37:13 +0100 From: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Cc: "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Any way to make pkg use 'sudo' instead of 'su' to install as root? Message-ID: <20171231183713.GK2827@home.opsec.eu> In-Reply-To: <c92eb994-1b9b-57ab-cc19-9ae2b28e6cc9@rawbw.com> References: <c92eb994-1b9b-57ab-cc19-9ae2b28e6cc9@rawbw.com>
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Hi! > 'make install' calls pkg, which does su to change to the root account. > su asks for the root password again and again when there are many > packages to install. > > Is there any way to configure this to be 'sudo'? > > > pkg.conf(5) seems to have no info on this. In Mk/bsd.commands.mk I found SU_CMD, so maybe redefining SU_CMD works ? # Command to run commands as privileged user # Example: "/usr/local/bin/sudo -E sh -c" to use "sudo" instead of "su" SU_CMD?= /usr/bin/su root -c -- pi@opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 3 years to go !
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