On Oct 1, 2017, at 23:24, Merton Campbell Crockett wrote:
> After installing the MacPorts package for macOS High Sierra, I discovered
> that the ownership of all system directories were changed to root:wheel. I
> can no longer build something simple as mtr without encountering the
> following error.
>
> SPIELPLATZ:~ mcc$ port install mtr
> Error: Insufficient privileges to write to MacPorts install prefix.
> SPIELPLATZ:~ mcc$
>
> The version of mtr I built using the MacPorts package for macOS Sierra worked
> fine until I removed it. It now gets an error of not being able to obtain a
> raw socket.
>
> My CCC backup of my system disk made just after completing the upgrade to
> macOS shows all files in / owned by mcc:root. After installing the MacPorts
> package, all files in / are owned by root:wheel.
It is correct for things at the top level of your drive ("/") to be owned by
root:wheel. Not sure why that wasn't the case for you before. I wasn't aware
that our installer would fix the ownership of items at the top level of your
drive. Maybe it's a feature of Apple's Installer.
You'll need to use "sudo" to have sufficient privileges to install ports, e.g.
"sudo port install mtr".
The error of mtr not being able to open a socket is probably a bug we've just
discovered in MacPorts today that affects only High Sierra:
https://trac.macports.org/ticket/54963
A new version of MacPorts to be released soon will fix it.
