Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 10:29:25 -0500 (EST) From: James Gill <gill@topsecret.net> To: Kresimir Kumericki <kkumer@phy.hr> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Permissions of /usr/ports ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911231020040.5172-100000@pacific.int.topsecret.net> In-Reply-To: <19991123161210.C13915@phy.hr>
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On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Kresimir Kumericki wrote: ->> ->> Why would one configure the ports area to be tinkerable by a nonprivledged ->> user? -> -> Well, the idea is that it is much more secure to compile and ->test programs as unprivileged user. This is not much of an ->issue with official ports but it is a good security measure ->with programs you download from the Net. -> The other thing (even more important if you ask me) is that I just ->don't feel comfortable spending too much time in root account. I have ->a different level of concentration while I'm there and I don't want to ->lose it by long editing, docs reading etc. root sessions. ->(Of course, you don't give write access to /usr/ports to everybody but ->only to, say, people who have root password anyway.) That makes perfect sense to me, but i've never had any success tinkering about in the ports tree as a normal luser. If i've got a port installed running make just gives me a series of "attempting to fetch.. ..permission denined" error messages. What do you suggest I do, chmod the /usr/ports to g+w and tinker as a user and install as a root? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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