From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jun 25 15:38:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA12775 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 15:38:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp1.xs4all.nl (smtp1.xs4all.nl [194.109.6.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA12615 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 15:37:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from albast@xs4all.nl) Received: from xs2.xs4all.nl (albast@xs2.xs4all.nl [194.109.6.43]) by smtp1.xs4all.nl (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA15726 for ; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 00:36:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from albast@localhost) by xs2.xs4all.nl (8.8.8/8.8.6) id AAA03091 for current@freebsd.org; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 00:36:48 +0200 (MET DST) From: albast Message-Id: <199806252236.AAA03091@xs2.xs4all.nl> Subject: Re: make buildworld needs root privs , why ? In-Reply-To: <199806251956.VAA14707@trantor.stuyts.nl> from Paul van der Zwan at "Jun 25, 98 09:56:47 pm" To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 00:36:48 +0200 (MET DST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL37 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Is there a reason 'make buildworld' needs to be done as root ?? > If I run it as a normal user it fails pretty quickly when it installs > make : it sets some 'schg' flags, amongst things why would you want to build the whole buildworld target as 'normal' user? > install -c -s -o bin -g bin -m 555 make /usr/obj/usr/source/src/tmp/usr/bin > install: /usr/obj/usr/source/src/tmp/usr/bin/make: chown/chgrp: Operation not permitted > *** Error code 71 > > Shouldn't it be possible to builworld as a non-priviliged user and only > make installworld as root ??? Regards -- Jeroen Hogeveen // Users to the left of me, bosses to the right; albast@xs4all.nl // here I am -- stuck in the middle with root. Any opinions expressed herein are not those of present nor past employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message