On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:06:50 +0200 "Rony G. Flatscher" <rony.flatsc...@wu.ac.at> wrote:
> > On 20.04.2013 17:46, Manfred Lotz wrote: > > On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:05:18 -0700 > > CVBruce <cvbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> That's the issue. The user doesn't have root authority. Not to > >> install or use ooRexx. > >> > > I don't understand what you are after. On a Linux system a > > software will be installed by an administrator who surely does have > > root authority. This is the way it works on *nix systems in general. > > > > If you happen to install a software privately then you won't have > > any package (let it be rpm or deb or whatever) but you would build > > the software manually (configure --prefix=..., make, make install) > > specifying a directory during configure (you are the owner of) > > where you install the software into. > > > > Let us assume I would install oorexx in /home/manfred/oorexx. Then > > the installation procedure should create a directory > > say /home/manfred/oorexx/var/run/oorexx where the rxapi pid file > > should go to. > > > > So where is the problem? > There are different kinds. > > - One problem is assuming that you have total control (root > permissions) on the Unix box you use. If you do not have those > rights, but wish to run rexx under your user account, then currently > this is not possible as ooRexx demands root permissions. > > - Another use case is to experiment/test rexx without installing it, > on one of your own machines, but also on friend's/collegue's boxes, > maybe ones where they do not have root privileges. > > - Another use case are "portable apps" on a stick, where you plug in > the stick in a box, that is not yours and you wish to run a set of > applications that are important for you (e.g. utilities written in > rexx) right from the stick. > > Whatever the use case, if ooRexx supported both out of the box, > installation needing root permissions and running rexx without any > installations, then the entire universe of ooRexx users/programmers > is served. It seems from this thread that this is very feasible. > Exactly. ooRexx has to be configured in order to support those different use cases and all is fine. -- Manfred ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
