building memstick without root

[Lexi Winter]

hello,

is it expected that running 'make -C release memstick' requires root?
the build fails for me with:

install: /src/obj/src/freebsd/src/main/riscv.riscv64/release/dist/kernel/boot/kernel/kernel: chown/chgrp: Operation not permitted

as i understand it, makefs should be able to build images as a non-root
user using mtree, but i'm not sure if this is hooked up to the build
system, or if i'm doing something else wrong - maybe i need a
make.conf/src.conf option set?

[Brooks Davis]

Post by Lexi Winter
hello,
is it expected that running 'make -C release memstick' requires root?
install: /src/obj/src/freebsd/src/main/riscv.riscv64/release/dist/kernel/boot/kernel/kernel: chown/chgrp: Operation not permitted
as i understand it, makefs should be able to build images as a non-root
user using mtree, but i'm not sure if this is hooked up to the build
system, or if i'm doing something else wrong - maybe i need a
make.conf/src.conf option set?

You'll need to define NO_ROOT. I think that's sufficent, but I'm not
100% certain. We build CheriBSD releases without root on Linux hosts.

-- Brooks


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[Lexi Winter]

Post by Brooks Davis

Post by Lexi Winter
is it expected that running 'make -C release memstick' requires root?

You'll need to define NO_ROOT. I think that's sufficent, but I'm not
100% certain. We build CheriBSD releases without root on Linux hosts.

thanks Brooks, that has sorted it.