John Nietzsche wrote:
I am not playing with sudoers file! This just a bare install.
$ ls -ld /usr/ports /usr/src
drwxrwxr-x 46 root wheel 1024 May 10 03:21 /usr/ports
drwxrwxr-x 18 root wsrc 512 Mar 11 16:19 /usr/src
Isn't it strange that the ports/src directories have write bit group
permission on?
No. For /usr/src, this is normal so non-root users (i.e. users in group
wsrc) can build the system.
Not sure why wheel has write permission to /usr/ports. It must have been
a umask/tar/mkdir issue.
$ cd /usr/ports/distfiles/
$ ls -ld . openmotif
drwxr-xr-x 3 sioux wheel 1536 May 10 06:01 .
drwxr-xr-x 2 sioux wheel 512 May 10 03:17 openmotif
$ cat /etc/mk.conf
cat: /etc/mk.conf: No such file or directory
$
Anyway, since you are in the wheel group, you are able to write to
/usr/ports. If you unpacked the ports, you will be the owner of all the
contents, hence "sioux" (I'm assuming you) owns everything under ports.
That's why "sioux" can run ``make fetch''.
FYI1: check out ports(7) and pay close attention to the SUDO/mk.conf
related stuff. It allows you to build and install apps as a regular
user, elevating your privileges when necessary. Very cool.
FYI2: Please don't top post, it feels unnatural replying to your message.
Thanks in advance.
On 5/10/07, Clint Pachl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
John Nietzsche wrote:
> Dear gentleman/madam,
>
> i have just installed openbsd 4.1. I am very happy with it, but
> something i was not expecting is happening:
>
> As an ordinary user (belonging to the group wheel) i switched to the
> ports collection directory (/usr/ports/x11/openmotif) and issued i
> "make fetch".
>
> I got surprised when the tarball started to be dowloaded in
> /usr/ports/distfiles although its sticky bit is not on.
>
> May someone here explain me how it is possible?
Please provide some more info:
$ cd /usr/ports/distfiles
$ ls -ld . openmotif*
$ cat /etc/mk.conf
Did you grant yourself permission in the sudoers file?
Disclaimer: I am not running 4.1
