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Subject: RE: Install ports as non-root user?
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Title should have read: Install ports collection as non-root user

owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org wrote:
> Hi all. I'm looking to make a non-privileged user the owner of all my
> software so I don't have to act as root when installing, configuring,
> and updating software. Furthermore, I won't have to give out the root
> password to others who need rights to configure software. I noticed
> my ports collection is entirely owned by root and requires root to
> install. Is there a way to install ports as a non-root user or allow
> non-root users to install ports?
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian

I want to ports collection to be owned by a non-root user. 

Someone suggested sudo. Using sudo will install the app as root, will it
not? Thusly requiring root to configure it?