#49638: lighttpd fails to install without root privileges -----------------------------+-------------------------- Reporter: blaffablaffa@… | Owner: ryandesign@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: lighttpd | -----------------------------+-------------------------- Changes (by mf2k@…): * owner: macports-tickets@… => ryandesign@… * keywords: lighttpd => * port: => lighttpd Comment: In the future, please fill in the Port field and Cc the port maintainers ({{{port info --maintainers lighttpd}}}), if any. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/49638#comment:1> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X

#49638: lighttpd fails to install without root privileges -----------------------------+-------------------------- Reporter: blaffablaffa@… | Owner: ryandesign@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: lighttpd | -----------------------------+-------------------------- Comment (by ryandesign@…): Wait, I see what you mean, lighttdp was recently added as a dependency of git in r141882. Nevermind. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/49638#comment:3> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X

#49638: lighttpd fails to install without root privileges -----------------------------+-------------------------- Reporter: blaffablaffa@… | Owner: ryandesign@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: lighttpd | -----------------------------+-------------------------- Comment (by mtb19@…): From #49832:

I don't see why anyone would want to install a web server non-root.

I think this is shortsighted. Software use and development is a diverse human enterprise. Creative people often find beneficial uses for things that weren't originally contemplated by their designers.

If you have a use case for this please let me know.

Running applications, including web servers, can be useful in development, testing, or in shared environments. This is after a 10 second web search: * http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQTP_7.0.0/com.ibm.websphere... * https://serverfault.com/questions/135565/install-webserver-without-root- access * http://tnovelli.net/blog/blog.2011-08-27.node-npm-user-install.html * http://blog.tlensing.org/2010/04/12/installing-mercurial-on-a-shared- web-server-without-root-access-hosteurope/ * https://www.bugzilla.org/docs/2.22/html/nonroot.html FWIW, I have been able to install Apache into a user prefix MacPorts environment. (Admittedly, I have not tried this recently.) Perhaps you can explain why lighttpd requires root, when Apache and WebSphere do not? -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/49638#comment:6> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X