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Date:      Mon, 5 Aug 2002 17:55:29 +0000 (UTC)
From:      naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: using portupgrade as non-root
Message-ID:  <aime6h$28cu$3@kemoauc.mips.inka.de>
References:  <20020805154240.GC19231@lara.unibe.ch>

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Tobias Roth <roth@iam.unibe.ch> wrote:

> I am thinking about creating a special user for managing my ports, so I
> don't have to do the configure/make part as root. However, at the same
> time I would like to use portupgrade.

Personally, I keep my /usr/ports at umask 002 and group wsrc.
I run "portupgrade -s" and my normal user account has sudo capability.
Install security/sudo and have a look.

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de


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