Gentoo Archives: gentoo-alt

From: Michael Weiser <michael@×××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alt] prefix-portage as root
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:54:41
Message-Id: 20080227225427.GB9555@weiser.dinsnail.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-alt] prefix-portage as root by matt hull
1 On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 04:42:49PM -0600, matt hull wrote:
2
3 >> For example, I use amanda for backup. amanda has daemons and uses suid
4 >> programs. Therefore I need to install it in a system-wide fashion. fink
5 >> does this by default.
6
7 > i think you can install as user, but run as root.
8
9 I'm afraid not, because when installing as user michael dosbin can't
10 chown a file to root:amanda and chmod it 1750. I'd have to fix
11 permissions manually all the time.
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13 Micha
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Re: [gentoo-alt] prefix-portage as root Jeremy <jer.gentoo@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-alt] prefix-portage as root matt hull <mattmatteh@×××.com>