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mlweber

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Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 6

user permission abs

Quick question,
what is "arch-correct" way to use ABS as a normal user? Such as utilizing the /var/abs structure as it is? Right now I'm copying stuff to /var/abs/local and 'sudo makepkg'-ing. But that's root. Thanks.

elasticdog

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From: Washington, USA

Registered: 2005-05-02

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Re: user permission abs

if you have fakeroot installed, you should be able to makepkg without using sudo...you will however need root priviledges when you actually want to install the package it creates.

mlweber

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Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 6

Re: user permission abs

But how can I have write access to /var/abs? Should I just chmod it? I have messed around with permissions on directories I didn't understand, and it has never ended well.

Last edited by mlweber (2007-05-06 23:53:24)

patroclo7

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From: Bassano del Grappa, ITALY

Registered: 2006-01-11

Posts: 915

Re: user permission abs

You should not compile directly into /var/abs, because anything there will be rewritten when you update your abs tree. You can either use a per-user directory into /home, or /var/abs/local. In this second case, chgrp /var/abs/local to a group including the users you want to be able to compile stuff  and chmod it to be writable by the group.

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mlweber

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Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 6

Re: user permission abs

Okay, awesome. I do use the local dir. And I changed the group. All is well now. Thank you.