Gentoo Archives: gentoo-alt

From: matt hull <mattmatteh@×××.com>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alt] prefix-portage as root
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:29:55
Message-Id: 1191A5BB-9468-4E3A-8D4D-D7EB54EB54CE@mac.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-alt] prefix-portage as root by Michael Weiser
1 On Feb 27, 2008, at 4:54 PM, Michael Weiser wrote:
2
3 > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 04:42:49PM -0600, matt hull wrote:
4 >
5 >>> For example, I use amanda for backup. amanda has daemons and uses
6 >>> suid
7 >>> programs. Therefore I need to install it in a system-wide
8 >>> fashion. fink
9 >>> does this by default.
10 >
11 >> i think you can install as user, but run as root.
12 >
13 > I'm afraid not, because when installing as user michael dosbin can't
14 > chown a file to root:amanda and chmod it 1750. I'd have to fix
15 > permissions manually all the time.
16 >
17
18 i have a few idea's but perhaps we should wait for grobian or someone
19 else to comment.
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