Hello mark!   
      
   04 Aug 16 15:17, you wrote to me:   
      
    AL>> Technically, you don't need to keep two copies.  The INSTALL   
    AL>> instructions, AAMOF, suggest unpacking the tarball to /tmp as the   
    AL>> root user, running the SETUP.sh script to create the MBSE users   
    AL>> and home directories, and then logging in as the mbse user to   
    AL>> unpack and build the software.   
      
    ml> that sounds more like what i'd expect... i'll have to dig in a li'l   
    ml> deeper as i'm pretty sure that the permissions and ownership likely   
    ml> need to be adjusted so the mbse user can get to them...   
      
   That's the main reason for logging in as mbse before the final build of the    
   software.  Unpacking the source archive (or cloning the code from a    
   repository) as mbse sets the owner/group of all the source files to mbse:bbs.     
   The initial build is also done as user mbse.  Then you run make install as    
   root to install the files to the proper places and adjust    
   ownership/permissions as needed.   
      
   Andrew   
      
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