From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Heerdegen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: sudo make install Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 13:01:46 +0200 Message-ID: <87r3rkbalh.fsf@web.de> References: <87pp76wl1e.fsf@web.de> <20150415151457700363175@bob.proulx.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1429182146 24577 80.91.229.3 (16 Apr 2015 11:02:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:02:26 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 16 13:02:18 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YihYn-0007Gr-Hl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 13:02:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36047 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YihYm-0003Bx-MI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 07:02:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33701) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YihYa-0003Bs-CF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 07:02:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YihYW-0000NG-DM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 07:02:04 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:43409) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YihYW-0000Mp-7Y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 07:02:00 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YihYP-000752-25 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 13:01:53 +0200 Original-Received: from dslb-094-217-116-084.094.217.pools.vodafone-ip.de ([94.217.116.84]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 13:01:53 +0200 Original-Received: from michael_heerdegen by dslb-094-217-116-084.094.217.pools.vodafone-ip.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 13:01:53 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 19 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dslb-094-217-116-084.094.217.pools.vodafone-ip.de User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:vCsqYfrWpkwsy0+Hw4CvlUL2CRI= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:103763 Archived-At: Hi Bob, > I use Debian. In Debian the /usr/local tree is group-owned by the > "staff" group. I place myself in the staff group. Thanks very much for your detailed answer. What you suggest seems very reasonable. I use Debian too, btw. Is the ownership of the /usr/local directory tree the only important property of the staff group, or is it used for other purposes as well? With other words: what are the consequences of adding my user to the staff group, other than that I will be able to modify the /usr/local tree? Regards, Michael.