Andrew Bartlett wrote:
On a reasonably sensible linux system, the tests that require root can
be ignored safely. Indeed, it's only the ./configure stage that needs
it at all.
(On other unix systems, these tests can be important however)
If I run configure as root, and then run make as non-root,
Are there any drawbacks to building SAMBA as a user other than root? I would
like to build using a different account. But USING SAMBA 2nd Edition says,
Before running the configure script, it is important that you become the root
user on the system. The make examples in both USING SAMBA and
