Re: [gNewSense-users] Compiling alsa drivers

[Bruno Miguel]

Em 10-06-2008 17:19:22 Bake Timmons escreveu:
> > Because I had the source in /usr/src/ and usually I can't 
> run ./
> > configure properly in those locations.
> 
> Just add yourself to the src group, e.g.,
> 
> sudo adduser joeblow src
> 
> Since the /usr/src/ directory has group write permission and
> typically
> is in the src group, joeblow would now be able to configure,
> etc. without having to mess with sudo.
> 
> As far as I know, however, the new group membership would not 
> take
> effect until the next login--no big deal, since it is just a
> one-time
> thing, and other groups can be added similarly, e.g.,
> 
> for x in group1 group2 group3 ; do sudo adduser joeblow $x; done
> 
> That would add joeblow to the three groups.  Membership to all
> three
> would be recognized at the next login.
> 
> Finally, for anyone new to this stuff, only grant group 
> membership
> very sparingly--even to yourself. ;P
> 

Thanks. This will come in hand. :)