On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Comer Duncan <comer.dun...@gmail.com>wrote:
> comermacpro:site-packages comerduncan$ cd > python_dateutil-2.2-py2.7.egg-info/ > comermacpro:python_dateutil-2.2-py2.7.egg-info comerduncan$ ls > total 48 > -rw------- 1 root wheel 970 Mar 27 18:21 PKG-INFO > -rw------- 1 root wheel 563 Mar 27 18:21 SOURCES.txt > -rw------- 1 root wheel 1 Mar 27 18:21 dependency_links.txt > -rw------- 1 root wheel 3 Mar 27 18:21 requires.txt > -rw------- 1 root wheel 9 Mar 27 18:21 top_level.txt > -rw------- 1 root wheel 1 Nov 1 04:29 not-zip-safe > comermacpro:python_dateutil-2.2-py2.7.egg-info comerduncan$ cat > top_level.txt > cat: top_level.txt: Permission denied > comermacpro:python_dateutil-2.2-py2.7.egg-info comerduncan$ sudo cat > top_level.txt > Password: > dateutil > > So, how come root rw is not enough for sudo?? If that is not the likely > thing, then what might I do next? > 1. It needs to be readable by everyone, not just root. 2. MacPorts does not do actual build operations as root, but as an unprivileged user, for sandboxing reasons. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates allber...@gmail.com ballb...@sinenomine.net unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
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