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jmak

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[SOLVED]What password

Hello,

I am trying to build a package using abs. The makepkg -s asking me a password. I tried my user password and my root password, but accept none of those. So what password should I enter? I have only these two.

Thanks,
jmak

Last edited by jmak (2009-01-05 22:26:28)

Xyne

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Re: [SOLVED]What password

I think it's invoking "sudo" internally, so it should be asking for your user password. Have you installed sudo and added your user to the sudoers file using "visudo"?

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moljac024

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Re: [SOLVED]What password

Have you read the ABS wiki ?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ABS

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Re: [SOLVED]What password

Give your user access to pacman in sudo:

youruser    ALL= PASSWD: /usr/bin/pacman

Then you can use your password with the -s and -i flags.

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jmak

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Re: [SOLVED]What password

Give your user access to pacman in sudo:

youruser    ALL= PASSWD: /usr/bin/pacman

Then you can use your password with the -s and -i flags.

Thanks, this solved the problem.