From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E91CC158042 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2024 19:17:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 14B67E087B; Thu, 31 Oct 2024 19:17:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oa1-x44.google.com (mail-oa1-x44.google.com [IPv6:2001:4860:4864:20::44]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C03AEE0855 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2024 19:17:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa1-x44.google.com with SMTP id 586e51a60fabf-277e6002b7dso602038fac.1 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:17:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1730402269; x=1731007069; darn=lists.gentoo.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=RaOS8ogL7WCS7mtHeRhf+oyCrbY/JYpfh27Q028irUU=; b=j4h/jwf097XwwV/c9hbk1YNJb/CEufdshPnqMfbRPBkyHOFPVMaOOyK0UEzjjPxISX I0QPaJ+CZTfNoP7QFDSYPumiZ1tVezds1v8EjffeCedJOKrJaaLpDBVJU88+6ciIhjmH hn0OTdHFpj5ztyLLwVUSFg6av/yNK4L4hYgVpkQfuqBSrmxjxubn15HdK0jG/NbJGVP5 9pZ51mw5i0WyOtF0vWGU5KNNueWtVwKRFIriR9MfZojJbM1sQrGO0KMKHwn3qaGWbdx/ utsWxNoNgvFGpGQjo6OSeMjkrv+g0tXu0Klh/ut43Kr+swTyJcf0pdBIYC+cSA038Bb7 xZPw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1730402269; x=1731007069; h=content-transfer-encoding:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=RaOS8ogL7WCS7mtHeRhf+oyCrbY/JYpfh27Q028irUU=; b=ophRn1d1fwo7vy1kWgbUlIZDvbPGb9SaQ169aioYuHTWKfSnAjMuT9sKGDOG/AgEGq DKNQMyBVEejs0ruBASAuPnDxb4H6r8t0NlHXAVvNyFwxFMK3ldJeqAiDh2xJn/DZwZ5B beYXolWHVgHTzEI0zwOGWyjxnqYjGP+/WyWB/vCOlacVCJOqrk1zNSflb3tvqeBB1FNL 2nVYQvahtHUYE/amRseJV9EXX3c4q+JAZBbLJ/Ogz6d/cMLwdA7JbMCwQ17UQvsr5SD/ Af6UzdWzvLBGbpXyd1iKXlqaMMRknp7bz/uEgnvfGJ3RfBdSsHLtWRQmXVQkoSVxX/ZD cuVw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Ywwlpc28h/JKJl8bmkMJ2Sy8z58DgNiESsgoeses252UVObDH9e 11fF6Yd9BsvB+iAeMG/mc4WBxJHJwrelvt4CtVVJom6NdAHBqTiq9yjQSzQPyuXK2ufVsvnHSYX 9JkTy1Ec7O00oxFuWPdMMfLxD879JxNWs X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IGctGaaNAY6fsQGzwUc3G+1EWSE3Au01O1RGduZpcM2y4rrSGR7sm1Wy+SfsFOq5y29aX+2agaTunqXmhRvlPY= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6870:96a0:b0:26f:f1ea:6a71 with SMTP id 586e51a60fabf-2949ed56c70mr907014fac.7.1730402269715; Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:17:49 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1c1bc2c0-b0b8-89c9-0b1a-d116d3596aa2@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1c1bc2c0-b0b8-89c9-0b1a-d116d3596aa2@gmail.com> From: William McGonagle Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:17:37 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Proper overlay permissions To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: c044e26d-c7e4-4062-96e2-14f3dff6564f X-Archives-Hash: cad01c771c5b1742809551b1d7ea1e8a I appreciate the advice, I will try that. I just installed a few days ago, and all my overlays are owned by root. I've seen a lot of conflicting info on this, but I don't see how changing the permissions like you said could cause any problems. Thanks again! On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 7:40=E2=80=AFAM Dale wrote: > > William McGonagle wrote: > > I want to develop a local overlay on my system, sync it with git, and > > be able to sign my commits with gpg. How can i set the permissions of > > my overlay so that I can do this as a regular user securely? Would it > > be fine to just make me the owner of that directory? > > > > > > > I'm no expert at this but in the past, I set permissions this way. > portage:portage and then add the user to the portage group. When you > first install Gentoo, that is the default permissions, last I looked > anyway. That should work. > > Hope that helps. > > Dale > > :-) :-) >