From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 14 18:11:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D39216A4CE; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 18:11:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ms-smtp-02-eri0.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-02-lbl.southeast.rr.com [24.25.9.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8135E43D5D; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 18:11:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mmercer@nc.rr.com) Received: from [192.168.1.8] (cpe-066-061-003-103.nc.rr.com [66.61.3.103]) i3F1BWkF024362; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 21:11:32 -0400 (EDT) From: "Michael E. Mercer" To: Dag-Erling =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= In-Reply-To: References: <1081712536.258.7.camel@fast.mmercer.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Message-Id: <1081991488.314.8.camel@fast.mmercer.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 21:11:34 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine cc: doc@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: permissions problem with installations from PORTS X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 01:11:41 -0000 Hello, I got a new machine that is blazingly fast. I also installed gnome-lite which in turn installed a majority of these ports that are having these problems. What I am getting at, is I never *saw* that warning. later Michael On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 08:50, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Joan Picanyol writes: > > * Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav [20040413 19:58]: > > > Joan Picanyol writes: > > > > I can second this. It also happens with mozilla and friends (my umask is > > > > set to 077) > > > Pilot error. Your umask should be 022 or 002 when installing ports. > > > Otherwise, you get what you ask for. > > May I disagree? I expected the ports system to use install to properly > > set up permissions for all files. At the very least, it should be > > documented somewhere. > > You deliberately ignored the following warning: > > ===> Warning: your umask is 077 > If this is not desired, set it to an appropriate value > and install this port again by ``make reinstall'' > > DES