Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I like to use the run-uid and run-gid options.
>
> This always works out to be a hassle getting all the file ownerships and
> permissions secure and correct.
> It's particularly tiresome when upgrading by a minor version undoes that work.
>
> Even when I run it as root I still get some small problems with permissions
> because my roots umask is 077
What problems do you have with the installation? What files have the
wrong permissions?
> Would it be a good idea to have the run-uid and run-gid as Makefile options?
> Set to root as default of course - but it would be _really_ great if I
> could just set those and have everything set correctly by a simple 'make
> install'
I don't see how those options would fix the problems with 'make
install'. Running the 'make install' as the run-uid user might help
(provided that the /var/spool/wwwoffle/directory already exists or
/var/spool is writable by that user).
--
Andrew.
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http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/
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