Install into /usr/local

[Dan Shoop]

At 7:26 PM +0100 2/12/07, Richard Taubo wrote:
>Hi!
>
>When installing some software OS X into /usr/local and reading the 
>corresponding Linux manual, I see that OS X requires me to install 
>using sudo whereas Linux do not.

OS X requires no such thing.

Being root can be done numerous ways. I normally just log in as root, 
but I'm older than sudo.

>Is there a reason for this difference, and should the OS X way cause 
>security concerns?

Huh?

>I am e.g. thinking about as situation where you are installing 
>software that has many dependencies, and is impractical to scan all 
>the dependencies for the possibility of malware.

Being root has the same risk no matter how you achieve su powers.
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-dhan

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