What is user machbuild?

[Paul Howarth]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 03:06:26PM +0100, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> 
>>Am So, den 06.03.2005 schrieb Dark Silver um 12:53:
>>
>>
>>>when I install some rpm pachage, the terminal shows
>>>warning: user machbuild does not exist - using root
>>>warning: group machbuild does not exist - using root
>>>warning: user machbuild does not exist - using root
>>>warning: group machbuild does not exist - using root
>>>anyone can tell me how to get the user machbuild work?
>>
>>You are not installing RPMs but SRC.RPMs - means sources not binaries.
>>The one who packaged the SRC.RPM/SRPM did that as user machbuild. As
>>this user does not exists on your system you get this warning messages.
>>The SRC.RPM is deflated though. You could use the source RPM with any
>>other user without a problem.
>>I just suspect that you don't want to build your own RPM but to install
>>a binary RPM. So get the right package.
> 
> 
> Don't you also get this error if the packager forgot to use %(def)attr
> in the %files section? In this case, please report the bug to the
> packager, be it within RH or an external repo.
> 
> (FWIW src.rpm should not have any other owner than root either)

How do you get the source filenames owned by root in the SRPM if you 
don't build as root?

Paul.