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From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
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To: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net>
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On Mon, 1 Jul 1996, Gary Chrysler wrote:

> Is it safe to chown the src tree so one can use it without
> having to be su.
> 
> Is there a `proper` way for this?

Why?  You have to be su to write to anything in there by default (and I 
know this from many personal experieneces forgetting to su to root before 
editing my kernel config :-).  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major