[expert] Kernel source- directory ownership

[Neal Lippman]

I am working on compiling the 2.4.1 source. The director /usr/src is root 
owner and root group, and only root has write access to this directory. I am 
thinking about changing the group to something like "kernel" (a new group I 
would define) and giving group full access, and then putting my regular user 
account into that group, so I can compile the kernel without becoming root. 
Can anyone see a downside to that?

Neal