From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 7 07:14:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 387781065670 for ; Wed, 7 May 2008 07:14:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.bluestop.org (unknown [IPv6:2001:41c8:1:548a::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF0948FC0A for ; Wed, 7 May 2008 07:14:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from [IPv6:2a01:348:10f:0:ac50:9de2:6cca:9b0e] (unknown [IPv6:2a01:348:10f:0:ac50:9de2:6cca:9b0e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.bluestop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7FD430162; Wed, 7 May 2008 08:14:55 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <482156E0.50904@cran.org.uk> Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 08:14:40 +0100 From: Bruce Cran User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" References: <482144C8.1080406@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <482144C8.1080406@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: does make buildworld/buildkernel require you to root X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 07:14:57 -0000 Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > does make buildworld/buildkernel require you to root? I know installX > does but build? No, you can build kernel, world and ports as an ordinary user as long as permissions on the build directories are configured appropriately. -- Bruce