Date: 14 Sep 2002 15:29:12 -0700 From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs on building & installing ports as non-root Message-ID: <sc3csc9pdz.csc@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <RMXVG53V61LH7661WVYTXR06TNWT71.3d826fe2@sparky> References: <RMXVG53V61LH7661WVYTXR06TNWT71.3d826fe2@sparky>
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Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> writes:
> Would op or sudo work for you? (I think I recall seeing an article about
> sudo in one of the *BSD e-zines.)
Thanks. I read that recently and it helped me make a long-desired
improvement to my system. This is the first I've heard of "op", but its
"pkg-descr" makes it sound like it does much the same thing as sudo.
(Sadly, "pkg-descr" doesn't point to a home page or other docs.)
I've considered your question, but I don't see how allowing a normal
user to run particular commands helps out here. Unless I can find that
article, I think I'll try just giving ownership of the ports (including
/var/db/pkg and /usr/ports and /usr/local) to a new non-root user
("porter"?) and let him maintain the ports. It dooesn't help security
much, since a bad port can still mess up a lot of other ports during a
"make", but it might make me feel better.
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