My proposal here is to create a new user account for macports and
development work. Logged into this account 'mp0' I tried:
./configure --with-no-root-privileges --prefix=${HOME]/mp-install
--with-install-user=mp0 --with-install-group=mp0
make
make install
However, now when I try to install a port I get an error that macports has
insufficient privileges to write to the install directory. I can touch
files in this directory without any error.
Does anyone have suggestions on resolving this?
I created the account using dscl, not sure if there is something that I
should be aware of doing this.
Thanks!
On Wed, Jul 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM Nick <[email protected]> wrote:
> What are best practices in sandboxing MacPorts to a non-admin user account
> and still retaining the ability to use XQuartz?
>
> For instance, I would like to invoke all applications as a certain user,
> without administrative privileges, however at the same time still be able
> to use XQuartz graphically from my privileged account. I was hoping XQuartz
> could be installed specific to this non-admin user as well. Unsure if such
> isolation is possible.
>
> I'm doing some sandbox testing. I see a 'macports' user, however in my
> first installation many of the files in /opt/local are owned by root. I
> was hoping to install a specific to a user account for all MacPorts.
>
