---- Borsenkow Andrej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > ---- Quel Qun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 00:11, Borsenkow Andrej wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > This is not a joke, I don't understand why, after installing
> the
> > > > > kernel-source rpm, I cannot make mrproper as a standard user.
> > > >
> > > > Because root is owner of these files.
> > > >
> > > Nope. It can be the owner, but I need write access. This is the
> first
> > > time I am forced to be root to run anything else than make install.
> > > If everybody is ok with that I still think that's wrong.
> > 
> > 
> > Fortunately, I don't use MDK kernels. Building as root is just plain
> > wrong. And yes, make mrproper IS part of building with Mandrake.
> > 
> 
> You mean you can do anything else as non-root? This has been always
> so
> for as long I remember. Kernel-source is installed as owner root with
> mask 022. So you can't do anything as plain user because you can't
> create any file.
> 
> Do you suggest installing kernel-source as world writable? 
> 

Hmm. I can see where this would not be a good thing.

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