On 12/11/05, pavan shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello all!! > > I have started constructing LFS on mandrake 10. > Right now i am at section 5.3 in lfs book 6.1 > > I created lfs user and then logged on as lfs user. > when i issue following command under binutils-build directory i get an error: > #../binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2/configure --prefix=/tools --disable-nls > > i get following eror mesgs on the console > checking host system type:mkdir can not create directory in > /root/tmp/cg15264-12510:Permission denied > > config.guess:cannot create temporary directory in /root/tmp:Permission denied. > > I don't understand why it is going to create a directory in > /root/tmp.Obviously if I am running configure script as lfs user it > will not have access to /root/tmp. > > But how can i get rid of this permission problem? > > regards, > Pavan.
Did you su to the lfs user by using su - lfs or su lfs. The first one sets up the environmental variables such as $HOME, $PATH for the user that you are changing to the second just changes to the lfs user. It appears that you did not because the environment seems to have the $HOME dir set to /root. -- LFS ID #12355 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
