From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 14 03:08:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F1C416A420 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:08:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from laszlof@vonostingroup.com) Received: from ritamari.vonostingroup.com (ritamari.vonostingroup.com [216.144.193.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E265A43D80 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:08:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from laszlof@vonostingroup.com) Received: from c-71-227-92-22.hsd1.mi.comcast.net ([71.227.92.22] helo=[192.168.0.6]) by ritamari.vonostingroup.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.60 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1F8qYU-0000es-T5; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:08:43 -0500 Message-ID: <43F1498F.3040107@vonostingroup.com> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:07:59 -0500 From: "Frank J. Laszlo" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060123) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: chris@i13i.com References: <43F103B4.6080601@vonostingroup.com> <1386.201.155.124.120.1139882008.squirrel@webmail.i13i.com> In-Reply-To: <1386.201.155.124.120.1139882008.squirrel@webmail.i13i.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ritamari.vonostingroup.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [26 6] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - vonostingroup.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port installation without root access X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:08:25 -0000 chris@i13i.com wrote: >> This has been on my TODO list for quite some time now, and I havent >> really gotten around to actually implementing it. As it stands right >> now, I have a script that allows normal users to build/install ports >> with some environment trickery and a few hacks. I'd like to integrate >> this into the ports system. so it would be as simple as a user >> specifying a particular variable in their environment, NOROOT_BUILD, or >> something along those lines, as well as other user specified variables >> to allow full installation without root access. >> Normal users would be able to maintain their own package database, >> and their own upgrades locally. Obviously we do not want to give normal >> users access to ALL the ports, so i propose adding functionality to >> allow the system admin to customize what the normal users have access >> to. Such as a config file that says which ports they can and cannot >> install, or whether to allow normal user installations at all. >> At this point im just probing for interest, and hoping to recruit a >> couple port guru's to give me a hand with some of the details. :) >> >> Regards, >> Frank >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > > Hello, > If you are going to allow users to install packages you mind as well give > them root or admin privileges i dont see the point in letting users able > to install [ackages on a machine which has more then one user on it but i > am just commenting as most users normally need to install a couple things > mostly irc crap like eggdrops or bnc's i have never had a email from a > customer saying please install KDE for me > That is very true.. but you have to remember. not all users are going to be remote. There are other uses for freebsd than a web or a shell server. Regards, Frank