Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:49:29 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd001@pc.jgr.de, Eirik =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D8verby?= <ltning@anduin.net>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: emacs installs a lot of 777 directories Message-ID: <20090320013025.W95588@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <871vsub0bf.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <200903152350.n2FNoGnk006601@pc.jgr.de> <253C16FF-5287-4941-8DFB-AB07D57E3C90@anduin.net> <871vsub0bf.fsf@kobe.laptop>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-1643226900-1237474169=:95588 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Thu, 19 Mar 2009, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:31:21 +0100, Eirik Øverby <ltning@anduin.net> wrote: > > On 16. mars. 2009, at 00.50, freebsd001@pc.jgr.de wrote: > >> Dear Giorgos, > >> thank you for coming back to the emacs issue. I deinstalled > >> emacs by means of pkg_delete -v -d, deleted by hand > >> /usr/local/share/emacs to make sure that nothing is left, > >> logged in as user "nutzer", and did su to root: > >> > >>> id > >> uid=1006(nutzer) gid=1000(user) groups=1000(user),0(wheel) > >>> su > >> Password: > > > > Try 'su -' instead of 'su'. > > There might be some environment issues; I've seen similar behavior > > when making that mistake myself. > > This is correct. `su -' should be preferred when installing stuff :) Absolutely - but I can't find where it(7) actually says that? cheers, Ian --0-1643226900-1237474169=:95588--
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