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Is there a secure and simple way to prevent the compilation process from asking for my password more than once? The documentation suggests avoiding root for compilation, which makes sense, so I set up to compile as my regular user. However, the "persist" option in doas.conf seems more like a "pester" option because it asks for my password incessantly. I usually end up resorting to the "nopass" option but that just seems terribly insecure. What is the best way to work around this problem?
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While compiling ports, the "persist" option makes no difference, it still asks for my password even if they are a microsecond apart. I suppose I will stick with option 2 for now.
I'm compiling ports listed by out-of-date, because -release and -stable packages do not receive security updates. I'm not ready for -current yet. What about a possible option 4) Create a dedicated build user with the bare minimum permissions necessary to build/install ports? I'm not experienced enough to know how to do that correctly, I'm just thinking aloud. |
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