On Sun, Nov 09, 2025 at 01:53:35PM +0100, Kirill A. Korinsky wrote: > On Sun, 09 Nov 2025 13:39:27 +0100, > Walter Alejandro Iglesias <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi list, > > > > I followed the instructions here: > > > > https://www.openbsd.org/faq/ports/ports.html#PortsConfig > > > > The part under "Configuration of the Ports System" where it explains how > > to build as a common user. The text states: > > > > "Again, ports can be built as a user, but must be installed by root or > > with doas(1)." > > > > But after editing /etc/mk.conf and changing username and group of those > > directories (including /usr/ports) when I run "make" as a common user I > > get this: > > > > pkg_add: pkg_add must be run as root > > > > What am I missing? > > > > Probably you need > > PORTS_PRIVSEP=yes > SUDO=doas
I added those variables to /etc/mk.conf. Now it has: PORTS_PRIVSEP=yes SUDO=doas WRKOBJDIR=/usr/obj/ports DISTDIR=/usr/distfiles PACKAGE_REPOSITORY=/usr/packages I changed user:group of those directories to my user and group, then I untared pots.tar.gz to /usr/ports and recursevely changed user:group there too. I also added the following entries to /etc/doas.conf (as documented in bsd.port.mk(5)): permit keepenv nopass <my_user> as _pbuild permit keepenv nopass <my_user> as _pfetch But I still get: $ make mkdir /usr/obj/ports: Permission denied at /usr/ports/infrastructure/bin/portlock line 52. *** Error 255 in /usr/ports/graphics/libplacebo (/usr/ports/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk:2710 'clean': @lock=libplacebo-7.351.0; export _L...) I don't know what else to do. :-( > > -- > wbr, Kirill > -- Walter
