Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] User eix-sync permissions problem
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 00:13:31
Message-Id: B38ED19F-CC34-4031-8EE6-872B01D53370@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] User eix-sync permissions problem by Stroller
1 On Tue, 11 February 2014, at 12:05 am, Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 > On Mon, 10 February 2014, at 11:57 pm, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
3 >>> ...
4 >>> There is no subsequent requirement not to invoke emerge --sync as root.
5 >>
6 >> What's the point, if you still have to run as root (or su or sudo) for
7 >> the emerge update process?
8 >
9 > To reduce the number of times the user has to enter an admin password.
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11 Whups, please excuse me. I misunderstood.
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13 I am still processing this thread, or at least I was when I hit reply 5 minutes ago.
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15 Stroller.