Subject: Re: installing as non-root?
To: Georg Schwarz <georg.schwarz@freenet.de>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 10/10/2005 07:48:41
On Sun, 9 Oct 2005, Georg Schwarz wrote:
> Is there a chance to install packages like comms/minicom that want to
> create their own users as non-root?
> Is there some reasonable way to force the use of the current user and
> group?
Modify the comms/minicom/Makefile so
PKG_GROUPS?= ${DIALER_GROUP}
PKG_USERS?= ${UUCP_USER}:${DIALER_GROUP}
And edit SPECIAL_PERMS, OWN_DIRS_PERMS, CONF_FILES_PERMS as needed.
(Maybe use MINICOM_USER and MINICOM_GROUP instead?)
Add those to mk/defaults/mk.conf
In your own mk.conf set them to a normal user account that you can use.
Edit as needed any source that uses "uucp" and/or "dialer".
Jeremy C. Reed
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