Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Nov 2005 07:07:34 +0100 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: linux-2.6.14.tar.bz2 permissions |
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On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 05:51:34PM -0800, David Brown wrote: > > Maybe you are untarring as non-root and David is untarring as root? > > Yeah you can't very well compile and install a kernel without > permissions to /boot ;)
I disagree with you David. It's been years since I last compiled a kernel as root, and even longer without untarring it as root ! I have /usr/src chmod g+w for group "linux" to which I belong. I untar new kernels there, compile them, etc... as my own user. Then I only do: $ sudo make modules_install $ sudo cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage System.map .config /boot/<version> $ sudo vi /etc/lilo.conf $ sudo lilo
And it brings me real advantages : during all the compilation phase, I can use everything I have in *my* environment, aliases, functions, scripts, tools, etc... that I would not necessarily have as root.
Believe me, for no reason I would switch back to the old age when I did all this as root !
Regards, Willy
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