Dear All ,
In the new PkgNG : https://github.com/pkgng/pkgng/blob/master/pkg/add.c the following statement is written : if (geteuid() != 0) { warnx("adding packages can only be done as root"); return (EX_NOPERM); } Instead of the above statement , is it possible to use a statement as follows ( which it may be defined as a function to be called from all the related functions / programs ) : if (geteuid() == 0) { package_db_path = ... global path name ... , etc. ; PKGDB_PLACE = PKGDB_DEFAULT ... etc. } else { package_db_path = ... local path name , ie. in $HOME about user path name ... , etc. ; PKGDB_PLACE = PKGDB_USER ... etc. } if (pkgdb_open(&db, PKGDB_PLACE) != EPKG_OK) { return (EX_IOERR); } ( Replace PKGDB_PLACE by a suitable name ... ) In that way , it will be possible to install packages into user home directory , instead of global package directory . For security concerns , user-installed packages will not be usable globally , or convenient only for the user . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
