You can also set the timeout between re-asking for a password to a very long time (I have this set anyways) sudo visudo: Defaults:yourUsername timestamp_timeout=60
sets it to an hour On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 5:41 AM, Magnus Therning <mag...@therning.org>wrote: > On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Linus Arver <linusar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I want to compile HABS packages with the 'makeahpkg' script but the uses > > of 'sudo' require me to enter my root password every once in a while. > > This is annoying because I cannot just do > > > > ./makeahpkg -c -- $(cblrepo build base | tail -n +2) > > > > and let it run overnight. In fact, at one instance the script just > > exited on its own because I did not enter the root pasword in time. Is > > there a workaround for this? > > The easiest way is to remove password prompting while building. That > does compromise security somewhat though. You can also try to run the > script as root, then `sudo` becomes a no-op. The building uses a > chroot, which is why root access is necessary. > > > Also does anyone have recommendations for web storage services that > > would work well with hosting my build of HABS packages? I've tried > > DropBox but the current AUR package for it is unusable, at least with > > Xmonad. > > There is always the option of using the pre-built packages. > Information can be found at > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Haskell_package_guidelines#Haskell_packages > > /M > > -- > Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 > email: mag...@therning.org jabber: mag...@therning.org > twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus > _______________________________________________ > arch-haskell mailing list > arch-haskell@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/arch-haskell >
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