install rpm\'s as root or ...? was Re: Custom Kernel Creation Documentation Online

[Giulio Sorrentino]

THUFIR HAWAT (thufir) wrote:

>>Paul Howarth wrote:
>>Why use a user "nobody" for building the packages when there is alreadya user called "nobody" defined for a different purpose? Why not use,say, "rpmbuild" instead?
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>>Why chown system directories like /usr/src/redhat/* instead of just creating an rpm-build tree in the user's home directory?
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>>Paul.
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>i've always installed rpm's as root, but i've recently learned this isn't a good idea.  what's the "standard" way to do that, please?
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>thanks,
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>Thufir Hawat
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rpm can ONLY BE INSTALLED as root.