On 7/24/07, Chad Woolley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi,

Does anyone have any scripts/guidelines/suggestions for using groups,
set-groupID permissions, and/or umasks to avoid needing root access to
install/update gems?  Specifically, how to manage binaries installed
in /usr/local/bin?

Has anyone even tried this, or does everyone do it via manually via
sudo (or automate via NOPASSWD entries in sudoers)?

Thanks,
--Chad W
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I've always just used sudo for installing gems. Does this mean you found a
way to have a gem install its binary in /usr/local/bin? I've never been able
to control any of the install locations.

If the gem is going to be used system-wide, it makes sense to restrict that
to root. For user-specific gems, it might be nice to be able to install to
~/lib/gems, ~/bin etc.

--
Wes Sheldahl
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