rpmbuild as root or user

Paul Howarth paul at city-fan.org
Tue Oct 10 15:01:51 UTC 2006


Stuart Murray-Smith wrote:
> On 10/10/06, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
>> Stuart Murray-Smith wrote:
>> > Hi list
>> >
>> > Is it safe to rpmbuild postfix.src on FC4 platform as root, or
>> > preferably as a user?
>>
>> Avoid building rpms as root if at all possible.
>>
>> Here's a quick guide to building them as a regular user:
>> http://www.city-fan.org/tips/CreateRPMBuildEnvironment
>>
>> Paul.
>>
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> 
> Thanks Paul, exactly what I was looking for :-)
> 
> Looking forward to release of FC6?

Oh yes. I might even be tempted to try out a proprietary video driver to 
see all the bling :-)

Paul.




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