On 2026/08/09 18:08, vansid wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2026 at 4:42 PM Lydia Sobot <chilledfrogs@disroot.org> wrote:
> > >how to build/test a port *without* root access, and
> > Is something unclear about the SUDO directive in mk.conf(5)?
> >
> > >2) can someone help with the error below?
> > Just install the build dependencies beforehand from packages I'd say lol, maybe mark them as automatic
> 
> I found the problem, I had misconfigured /etc/mk.conf and clobbered
> some settings that were causing all packages to get dumped in the same
> directory.  Fixed now.
> 
> As for running the port make processes as a regular user, the SUDO
> directive is actually mildly confusing...I thought there is no sudo in
> OpenBSD and instead there is doas?  I've seen Stuart and some others
> mention that one should not build ports as root, but clearly some of
> the commands/steps will not work without either elevated permissions
> or specific permissions on certain directories.  Will using this
> directive help in this sense?  I'm just not clear on how to avoid
> using root privileges (like running some of the make commands with
> doas).

I recommend setting 'SUDO=sudo -E' and "PORTS_PRIVSEP=Yes" in /etc/mk.conf
and configuring so that your user account can run things as _pbuild and
_pfetch without prompting, and as root with a password, e.g. like this in sudoers

your_user ALL=(_pbuild) NOPASSWD: ALL, (_pfetch) NOPASSWD: ALL
your_user ALL=(ALL) SETENV: ALL

then go to the dir for an individual port (e.g. cd /usr/ports/math/moo)
and as an exception to the normal rule, run "make fix-permissions" as
root.