Am 10.01.2011 11:33, schrieb Buzai Andras: > Hi, > > I use Ubuntu 10.04 and the package repository does not contain the > latest Postfix release. > Also I prefer installing packages from source. This way I think I can > always learn something new.
nobody said anything against "software packaging procedure of your distro/OS" is NOT apt-get it was menat to build an rpm/deb-package instead a dump install with "make install" your system will get dirty after some updates because old files are not removed, a package does this clean To your querstion about superuser: NERVER EVER build sources as superuser necause if there are bugs in the build-process you can damage you system which is impossible with restricted permissions. rpmbuild as example should EVER called with explicit user and if there is a bug in the bzild-process which wants to touch files outside the build-folder it fails an dnothing happens - do this as root overwrites files on your build-system, mybe fails later and you have an undefined state of your system > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:43 AM, John Adams <mailingli...@belfin.ch> wrote: >> Am 10.01.2011 10:06, schrieb Buzai Andras: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I want to install Postfix 2.7.2 by compiling it from sources. >>> In the INSTALL file I saw the following statement: >>> >>> "In the instructions below, a command written as "# >>> command" should be executed as the superuser. >>> A command written as "% command" should be executed as an >>> unprivileged user." >>> >>> My question is: >>> The user used to configure/compile the sources is used in anyway in >>> Postfix later? >> >> No. >> >>> Is there any security risk if I configure/compile all the sources >>> as the superuser? (I am referring only to the build/installation >>> process) >> >> For installing, take a look at the software packaging procedure of your >> distro/OS. This is much cleaner than just run 'make install'. >> >> >> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Buzai -- Mit besten Grüßen, Reindl Harald the lounge interactive design GmbH A-1060 Vienna, Hofmühlgasse 17 CTO / software-development / cms-solutions p: +43 (1) 595 3999 33, m: +43 (676) 40 221 40 icq: 154546673, http://www.thelounge.net/
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