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From: Corbin <corbinbird@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Portage unable to write to /usr/portage
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 13:44:35
Message-Id: 54d80134-1e48-ef9e-0e36-466ac3ff10b5@charter.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Portage unable to write to /usr/portage by Jack
1 > You only gave a partial answer.  What user are you running as when you
2 > get the error, and what user/group owns those dirs?
3 >
4 > Unless you are running as the user who owns /usr/portage or as root, you
5 > will clearly get a permission denied. (and that assumes there are no
6 > ACLs involved.)
7
8 Normally I do the updates as 'root'. ( su -l )
9 Root is/was set as the 'owner / group' on all three directories.
10
11 Corbin

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Re: [gentoo-user] Portage unable to write to /usr/portage Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>