I don;t think so, ownership was set to: drwxr-xr-x 10 lfs root 4096 Dec 4 21:00 tools/
I'll have to check the makeup of the default debian-live user used for the beginning root-based steps... Anyways, bonking and remaking is no big deal all things considered. I'll take your advice. Thanks for the help. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris Staub" <ch...@beaker67.com> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 12:48 AM To: "LFS Support List" <lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org> Subject: Re: [lfs-support] 2nd Pass binutils install fails (LFS-dev) >> Whenever I attempt to install as user lfs sans sudo, I get 'Permission >> denied' for the target directory. That's why lfs is sudoed. Any >> thoughts >> why this might be happening? (Btw, that's the reason for the indirect >> toolchain adjustment.) >> >> > > That means you've missed something earlier in the book. Most likely, > you've forgotten to chown $LFS/tools to the lfs user. > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page