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lakicsv
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 Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:31 am Post subject: emerging as a non-privileged user |
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I was very happy to find that it is possible now to emerge programs as a non-root user.
So I was quick to add myself to the /etc/groups file under the group portage.
Unfortunately, I am still not be able to do emerge as a user. Yes, I logged off, and on again, I even rebooted, nothing.
What else I have to do to enable this feature?  |
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Hauser
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lakicsv
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| Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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Yes I do compile everything... This seems to be the most comfortable way to install packages in gentoo...
So going back to my question:
Is it enough to just add a non-privileged user to /etc/groups or I need to do something else as well?
TIA: Viktor |
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Genone
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| Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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| You can't emerge as non-root user. The portage group allows you to use the search and pretend functions, nothing more. |
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lakicsv
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| Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 2:15 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, at least I know this now...
| Genone wrote: | | You can't emerge as non-root user. The portage group allows you to use the search and pretend functions, nothing more. |
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Hauser
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| Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 2:39 am Post subject: |
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| lakicsv wrote: | Is it enough to just add a non-privileged user to /etc/groups or I need to do something else as well?
TIA: Viktor |
If you really want this, you can use sudo by adding these lines to /etc/sudoers:
| Code: | username machinename=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/emerge$@
username machinename=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/ebuild$@ |
Of course you may need to emerge sudo first.
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lakicsv
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| Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks a lot! this is waht I was looking for!
| Hauser wrote: | | lakicsv wrote: | Is it enough to just add a non-privileged user to /etc/groups or I need to do something else as well?
TIA: Viktor |
If you really want this, you can use sudo by adding these lines to /etc/sudoers:
| Code: | username machinename=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/emerge$@
username machinename=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/ebuild$@ |
Of course you may need to emerge sudo first. |
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