On Sun, Sep 07, 2014 at 02:17:08PM -0700, Michael Havens wrote: > > all fixed. except GPM says to run some commands as root which implies I > should not be building as root. What user should I be building as? > > :-)~MIKE~(-:
Before you boot the new system, I don't think you have much choice. Actually, I _suppose_ you could add your normal user (in fact, doing that before booting _is_ a good idea, then if all goes well you can log in as a user when the system boots), but then that user will need a writable directory, and you will have to su to the user, and then back to root for the install - that does not seem particularly beneficial. For BLFS, we encourage a separation of what a normal user can do, and what has to be done as root. That does not mean that all of us "obey" that - I am aware of various methods to build as a user, and then install as root, and when I last overhauled my own scripts I tried doing that, but I did not consider that it was beneficial (I like to leave my main scripts (e.g. build xorg, or build gtk toolkits with teir deps, or build firefox with its av deps) running, which can take more than an hour on a slow machine - and having to enter a password because sudo has timed out is painful. Security is an interesting game. Building as a user certainly limits your scope to cause damage, but if you have come to LFS then you already own the box. Backups are always good. Summary: it's your system, you will have to maintain it - do whatever suits you. And thanks for bottom-posting. ĸen -- Nanny Ogg usually went to bed early. After all, she was an old lady. Sometimes she went to bed as early as 6 a.m. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
