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Re: [osol-bugs] access() behaves strange when used as root

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SPStefan Pfetzing <stefan.pfetzing@gmail.com>
Date
May 24, 2006, 14:08 UTC
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Hi Alan,
2006/5/24, Alan Coopersmith <Alan.Coopersmith@sun.com>:
> Compilers also fall in the class of things I've never understood why
> people would ever run as root.   Far too complex and completely unnecessary.
> "make all" as a normal user, and then if you absolutely must, "make install"
> as root.  (After running "make -n install" first to see what it will do.)

Yes thats completely true, but it still leaves the point if you want to manage some of your config files with git.

bye
Stefan
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       http://www.dreamind.de/
Oroborus and Debian GNU/Linux Developer.
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