Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:51:49 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Phusion <phusion2k@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Errors with pkg_add Message-ID: <443ansrl2y.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <c3ed3fdc0806041527y336f3667k2e5560bd9c1a2f65@mail.gmail.com> (Phusion's message of "Wed\, 4 Jun 2008 17\:27\:09 -0500") References: <c3ed3fdc0806041527y336f3667k2e5560bd9c1a2f65@mail.gmail.com>
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Phusion <phusion2k@gmail.com> writes: > I am running FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE i386 and am having problems with > pkg_add. I can install packages as the root user without problems. > > - pkg_add -r packages, works when running as root > - pkg_add -r packages, errors out when using sudo > > % sudo pkg_add -r openssl > Error: FTP Unable to get > ftp://ftp4.us.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7-stable/Latest/openssl.tbz: > Syntax error, command unrecognized > pkg_add: unable to fetch > 'ftp://ftp4.us.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7-stable/Latest/openssl.tbz' > by URL > > % cat /usr/local/etc/sudoers > Defaults env_keep += "PKG_PATH PKG_DBDIR PKG_TMPDIR TMPDIR > PACKAGEROOT PACKAGESITE PKGDIR" > Defaults env_keep += "PORTSDIR PORTS_INDEX PORTS_DBDIR PACKAGES > PKGTOOLS_CONF" > root ALL=(ALL) ALL > %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL > > This user is a member of the wheel group so no password is required. > Both this user and root user are using the csh with the following in > .cshrc. > > setenv PACKAGESITE > ftp://ftp4.us.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7-stable/Latest/ > > Let me know if you have any ideas. Thanks. sudo may not be setting up the environment correctly. I seem to recall it recently changed defaults to wiping out more of the caller's environment than had previously been the case. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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