Hi Alan,

Alan Ianson wrote to Michiel Broek:
AI> Hello Michiel,
AI> 
AI> I am trying to build mbse on the amd64 machine again and have run into
AI> a stumbling block. When I run "make install" I get this error..
AI> 
AI> *** You are not logged in as user 'mbse' ***
AI> make: *** [install] Error 1
AI> 
AI> If I try to run that command as user mbse of course it says "Must be
AI> root to install!" Any idea about that, I'm a bit lost? I've asked that
AI> question on the debian list too so maybe someone will be able to give me
AI> some advice.
AI> 
AI> I was using the unofficial amd64 sarge (stable) before, but that is
AI> dead in the water now, I'm running etch (testing) that is going to be
AI> the new stable when it is released at the end of the year (God willing
AI> and the creek don't rise).
AI> 
AI> gcc version here is version 3.3.6.

Gert did have that issue too on Mandrake. It seems that something is
changing in the Linux world.

After su do "export LOGNAME=mbse" and then make install. It seems that some
su versions change the LOGNAME variable to root.

AI> 

    Greetings, Michiel Broek

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