Gain Paolo Mureddu wrote: > Yeah, all that I do as root, otherwise I couldn't wirte to the > linux-2.6.<insert_version_here> under /usr/src ;) /usr/src doesn't have to be root-only: it's perfectly permissible to create a group (say "compile" or "wheel") and chmod /usr/src so that the group has write access. Then put a normal (trusted) user and root into the group. Then you can untar, configure and compile under /usr/src as a normal user, and only have to become root to do the installation. I'd call this better practice than doing everything as root, and it's more or less what I do. James. -- James Wilkinson | "Luck is my middle name," said Rincewind, Exeter Devon UK | indistinctly. "Mind you, my first name is Bad." E-mail address: james | -- Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times @westexe.demon.co.uk |
