Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 19:08:18 -0400 From: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> To: questions@freebsd.org, swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Subject: Re: docs on building & installing ports as non-root Message-ID: <RMXVG53V61LH7661WVYTXR06TNWT71.3d826fe2@sparky>
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9/13/2002 3:00:59 AM, swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) wrote: >I've spent several hours trying to find some article I thought I saw >about a month which explained how to build and install from ports >without having to run as root in order to have write-access to the >/usr/ports and /usr/local trees. Anybody remember seeing such a >document lately, or one like it? The handbook says: "You must be the >root user to install ports." The ports are nice, but I miss the >build-from-tarball days when you could install apps as a normal user. > >(I know I should be able to figure something out from info in >/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk, but there seems to be too many unknowns.) >I don't know how you'd make changes to /var/db/pkg without being >root, but maybe it's OK to have other databases owned by other >users. I'd be willing to drop protections on /var/db/pkg to be >able to run all those scary build & install scripts as non-root.) > >Thanks. Would op or sudo work for you? (I think I recall seeing an article about sudo in one of the *BSD e-zines.) Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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