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| author | hubertf <hubertf> | 2002-12-03 10:51:47 +0000 |
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| committer | hubertf <hubertf> | 2002-12-03 10:51:47 +0000 |
| commit | bf3cbf9e873cfc7a0a3d1b13881b08f0ea134a93 (patch) | |
| tree | 13dd8ff645914790aaa57b312aec6369256fb656 /Packages.txt | |
| parent | 70cbbb944fd1561ea4e22d82643fce9869bae12e (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-bf3cbf9e873cfc7a0a3d1b13881b08f0ea134a93.tar.gz | |
document how to use sudo with pkgsrc
(for just-in-time-su(1) password caching)
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt index 71bd4a994b2..c4948eb6dd8 100644 --- a/Packages.txt +++ b/Packages.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.272 2002/11/28 14:21:32 salo Exp $ +# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.273 2002/12/03 10:51:47 hubertf Exp $ ########################################################################### ========================== @@ -2435,6 +2435,19 @@ Makefile template files are fixed and point to the correct locale directories details about ${PKGLOCALEDIR}. This functionality is buildlink2-only. + 10.30 Using 'sudo' with pkgsrc + ============================== + +When installing packages as non-root user and using the just-in-time +su(1) feature of pkgsrc, it can become annoying to type in the root +password for each required package installed. To avoid this, the sudo +package can be used, which does password caching over a limited time. +To use it, install sudo (either as binary package or from +pkgsrc/security/sudo) and then put the following into your /etc/mk.conf: + + SU_CMD=/usr/pkg/bin/sudo /bin/sh -c + + 11 Submitting & Committing ========================== |