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Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 18:43:49 -0800
From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com>
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To: Ryan Thompson <freebsd@sasknow.com>
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Subject: Re: problems with ftp
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Ryan Thompson wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, R Joseph Wright wrote:
> 
> > I've been trying to ftp files and keep getting "Permission Denied".  For
> > example, I tried to make the port for pine, but it wouldn't get the
> > distfile for me, so I got an error code 1.  Then I tried to get the
> > distfile manually at the same location, and got "Permission Denied".
> > I've been getting the same results today at other locations as well.
> > This is something that has only happened today.
> 
> Error code 1 is a catch-all for "make failed".
> 
> Are you building the ports as a regular user by any chance?  Only root has
> the necessary permissions to download, compile and install ports.  When
> you fetched the file manually, did you have write permission in the
> current directory (or did you fetch as root)?

You are correct, I was not logged in as root, that was my problem. 
Apparently I did not cc -questions earlier today when I replied back
with the embarassing news =).

-- 
R Joseph Wright 

*I merely took the energy it takes to pout
and wrote some blues --Duke Ellington*


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