Re: Trying to install in SUSE Linux

On 10/19/2013 10:09 AM, Dennis New wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Oct 2013 08:52:01 -0400, Steve Dougherty wrote:
>> On 10/18/2013 11:27 AM, Jason McPeak wrote:
>>> When I try to install it in LINUX, wants to be installed not as
>>> root. when I try to install from a non root shell, it can't access
>>> or find the files to install.
>>
>> Odd. Where are you trying to install it to? What errors do you get,
>> specifically?
>>
>> It's correct that the official distribution of Freenet should not be
>> installed or run by root. There's an experimental Debian package that
>> installs it system-wide, and I think the (unofficial?) Gentoo package
>> is system-wide as well.
> 
> What's wrong with "system-wide" installation -- as long as it's run as
> a restricted non-root user?

Nothing comes to mind, other than that something system-wide requires
root access to install. The question then becomes why one would trust
one's security to a machine one does not have root access to. I'm not
sure what the plan is there, if there is one.

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