Well, I never like to do anything as root which I don't need root
permissions to do.
If you have a "compiling" engine, and a "test" machine, this may be
reasonable.
Just let the compilers be able to write to the build directory (I think --
I haven't looked into this in a while (and generally us
Zhihui Zhang wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
> My professor plans to use FreeBSD for teaching purpose. We will allow
> students to build their kernel but do not want to give them root password.
> So it's better to find a way to let students build kernel under their own
> account, save the kernel on
> My professor plans to use FreeBSD for teaching purpose. We will allow
> students to build their kernel but do not want to give them root password.
> So it's better to find a way to let students build kernel under their own
> account, save the kernel on a floppy and then boot from the floppy.
>
On Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 03:58:00PM -0500, Zhihui Zhang wrote:
> My professor plans to use FreeBSD for teaching purpose. We will allow
> students to build their kernel but do not want to give them root password.
> So it's better to find a way to let students build kernel under their own
> acco
My professor plans to use FreeBSD for teaching purpose. We will allow
students to build their kernel but do not want to give them root password.
So it's better to find a way to let students build kernel under their own
account, save the kernel on a floppy and then boot from the floppy.
I am fa
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