Today, M.B. wrote:
> I am new to linux so some of the terminology is new to me as
> well. [...] I am the only user on all the systems so I really
> never bothered to make a new USER / GROUP so I really dont
> understand all of it and how to do it
Even on a single-user system, there are advantages to working as a
non-root user, and changing to root (e.g., via `su`) only when
necessary. This provides some protection against mistakes and some
security for the root login.
> After reading this "build the RPM's as a normal user, making
> sure that the user in question has read/write privileges to
> /usr/src/redhat" - I thought if I would make a new user with the
> same exact settings as ROOT everything would work out
Showing us the output of these two command might help:
grep courier /etc/group
ls -l /usr/src/
> 4. Changed courier's home directory to /root (again trying to
> give it the same settings as root)
I don't think this is necessary, and it may complicate use of that
user, depending on how the permissions are set. (Note that `usermod
-d /home/courier courier` will change back to a typical
configuration-see `man usermod`.)
> [courier@pac10fans courier]$ rpm -ta courier-0.37.2.20020215.tar.gz
> error: Failed to rename /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/rpm-spec.SOS8KZ to
> /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/rpm-spec.SOS8KZ:
That's odd: those two filenames are identical, but the error
message isn't "are the same file".
> Permission denied: No such file or directory
Perhaps it would help to also see the output of this command:
ls -l /usr/src/redhat
> So since I am the only user I really dont know how to make a
> proper user especially for courier and without knowing that I
> wont be able to install it
The user isn't for courier itself, but rather for building packages
(and other tasks) without being root. On Red Hat 7.2, `man useradd`
and `info su` have explanations for using these commands.
> ----- Original Message -----
[snip]
> > On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, M.B. wrote:
> > > I am wondering if anyone has pre built RPM;s > > for RH 7.2
[snip]
> > (or build a similar tree in the user home directory, and set
> > the environment accordingly for rpm).
FWIW, I built the rpm as a normal user, in that user's home
directory, something like this (cf.
<http://www.courier-mta.org/FAQ.html#rpm>).
cd ~
mkdir rpm
mkdir rpm/SOURCES
mkdir rpm/SPECS
mkdir rpm/BUILD
mkdir rpm/SRPMS
mkdir rpm/RPMS
mkdir rpm/RPMS/i386
echo "%_topdir $HOME/rpm" >> .rpmmacros
I was then able to use the rpm as root. Note that I'd re-set the
user's home directory as mentioned above before trying this.
--
-William
You don't need a patch on your arm to have honor.
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