Re: wsrc group (Xpost, was: Question: wip, git, ssh and permissions)

["David Lord" <netbsd%lordynet.org@localhost>]

On 26 Aug 2015 at 13:32, Ottavio Caruso wrote:

> On 25 August 2015 at 20:14, Pierre Pronchery <khorben%defora.org@localhost> wrote:
> > There are instructions here:
> > https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-updating.html#building-as-non-root
> >
> > As described here, I usually place my regular user in the "wsrc" group
> > when installing a system, and then just:
> > # mkdir -p /usr/src /usr/pkgsrc
> > # chgrp wsrc /usr/src /usr/pkgsrc
> > # chmod g+w /usr/src /usr/pkgsrc
> 
> What is the wsrc group, what is it supposed to be for and why isn't
> there any documentation about groups in NetBSD? Or is it there, but I
> haven't found it.

Hi

owner and group of my /usr/src and /usr/pkgsrc are that of my 
admin/build user and completely arbitrary. The user does also 
belong to the wheel group and is in /usr/pkg/etc/sudoers.


David