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Date: Tue, 02 Jul 1996 14:57:20 -0400
From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net>
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Subject: Re: src tree owners
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Richard J Kuhns wrote:
> 
> Gary Chrysler writes:
>  > James Raynard 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 :-).
>  > >
>  > > Erm, perhaps that was why he was asking? :-)
>  > >
>  >
>  > Thanks James.. :)
>  >
>  > > In any event, you have to be root to be able to *install* anything
>  > > you've built from the source tree, so there doesn't seem to be a great
>  > > deal of point in changing it.
>  >
>  > Yes, I understand the need to be root for install. No problem.
>  > But what about general editing of the source.
>  > I would like to make it so *I* don't have to su.
>  > It's very anoying to get into tweaking a source file, Go to save
>  > and it pops up `Read Only`!
>  >
>  > I know, su'ing first will solve that problem.. :)
>  >
>  > > On Unix, the `proper` way is for configuration files to be owned by
>  > > root - it's not a good idea to allow just anybody to change them!
>  >
>  > I Agree! My question was/is about the Source tree!
> 
> FWIW, I do a "chgrp -R prog .; chmod -R g+w ." in /usr/src for every new
> installation; "prog" is a group we created locally for those of us who like
> to play with the source.
> 
> I've been doing this since v2.0; it simplifies applying ctm updates, and
> I've not encountered any problems so far.

Thanks, I think this is more along the lines of what I want!
With ONE user added to that group, ME!

One question.
Whats a good number to start with for adding groups?

-Enjoy
Gary
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