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Re: Permissions on /usr/src



 > > Hum.  From /usr/share/bsd.README:
 > > 
 > > SUDO            Command to run when doing "make install" portion of
 > >                 "make build".  If set to sudo, this allows one to run
 > >                 "make build" as a user other than root (assuming sudo
 > >                 is setup for that user).
 > > 
 > > That seems to suggest it is possible.
 > 
 > Indeed it is, I use this feature myself.

Yes, but the install part has to be run as root, correct?  Not
some other user.  Perhaps I misunderstood the original question.
I thought he was trying to do the install as other than root.

// marc