Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:01:04 -0400 From: "Daniel Staal" <DStaal@usa.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: build ports from not a root user? Message-ID: <ae4d7343fa3e423e433ddcbd0cabda2c.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <20110721175420.GF7553@external.screwed.box> References: <20110721100259.GA5326@external.screwed.box> <80674226c5ead62b213864dcd36b6a75.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> <20110721153050.GA76083@external.screwed.box> <bd3d6dc9b6b0040d29f741cc94972b02.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> <20110721175420.GF7553@external.screwed.box>
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On Thu, July 21, 2011 1:54 pm, Peter Vereshagin wrote: > Oh Daniel want you buy me a mersedes benz? > 2011/07/21 13:19:40 -0400 Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> => To > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org : > DS> > DS> On Thu, July 21, 2011 11:30 am, Peter Vereshagin wrote: > DS> > You'll never silence the voice of the voiceless, freebsd-questions! > DS> > 2011/07/21 11:04:57 -0400 Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> => To > DS> > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org : > DS> > DS> > I'd like to build my ports from not a root user. > DS> > DS> > How can I tell the ports system that it should su ( switch > user ) > DS> > before > DS> > DS> > to > DS> > DS> > build the dependencies? > DS> > DS> > Can portupgrade handle this? > DS> > DS> > Dependencies should be installed from a root user. > DS> > DS> > DS> > DS> Install sudo, and (as long as your permissions are set > correctly) the > DS> > DS> ports system can do everything except the install and configure > from a > DS> > DS> user in the 'wheel' group. > DS> > > DS> > Heck I know I can use su or sudo and after > DS> > > DS> > chown -Rf user00:group00 /usr/ports/ /usr/src/ /usr/obj > DS> > > DS> > I can build world or a single port with 'make'. It's easy. > DS> > > DS> > But with ports I know the dependencies will not follow my policy to > DS> > install the > DS> > every single port as: > DS> > > DS> > $ cd /usr/ports/category/port00 > DS> > $ make > DS> > $ su - > DS> > # cd /usr/ports/category/port00 > DS> > # make install > DS> > # exit > DS> > $ cd /usr/ports/category/port01 > DS> > ... and so on ... > DS> > DS> No, it'll _build_ each port as your user, and then try to go to root > to > DS> install them. Which is why I suggested sudo: You can tune it's > timeouts, > DS> and only have to enter your password occasionally. (Why do you trust > a > DS> port's dependencies to be built as root if you don't trust the port > DS> itself, after all?) > > That's the question: I don't. > In that my code example, port00 and port01 can all be (or not be) the > dependencies for the port I try to install. > I mean about every single port, including its dependencies, to be > installed > that way: build as a user and then install as a root. Ok, then I've already answered your question several emails ago. The ports system will do this automatically with a simple 'make', 'make install', or 'make depends; make install'. And you said you knew about that way of it working. So, what are we discussing again? Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------
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