Any update on this? Thank you,
Buzai On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Buzai Andras <buzai.and...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> wrote: >> Reindl Harald: >>> 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. >> >> As per the Postfix INSTALL instructions, compile as unprivileged >> (but trusted) user, then "make install" or "make upgrade" as root. > > Sorry if my question may seem a stupid one but what do you mean by: > unprivileged (but trusted) user? > I created a user named "build" with home directory set to: /home/build > and I compile the sources with this user inside it's home directory. > Is this ok? Should I give more permissions to the "build" user? Should > it be more trusted? > > Thank you, > > Buzai > >> To revert to the previous, "make" and "make upgrade" the earlier >> version. >> >> Wietse >> >
