* martin f krafft (madduck@debian.org) [021021 12:31]: > in the meantime, maybe someone can tell me what to do about the > /usr/src/modules and /usr/src/kernel-patches trees, which are owned > by root. the last time i built a kernel as root must have been like > 1876 or so... and at least kernel-patch-freeswan as well as > pcmcia-modules want to change files in these trees during compilation. my /usr/src is drwxrwsr-x 4 root src 4096 2002-10-15 23:04 /usr/src/ So my user account (which is in group src) has permission to extract tarballs there. I guess the first time I did that, it created /usr/src/modules: drwxr-sr-x 4 vineet src 4096 2002-10-15 22:22 /usr/src/modules/ You should be able to just chown it with no ill effects. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." -- Albert Einstein
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