Similar questions have been asked but I can't seem to find a proper answer.
Basically, I am installing several application manually e.g eclipse, android-sdk, android-adt, arduino etc. and have decided that /opt will be a good place to keep them
By default /opt is root:root with 755
I don't want to run my application as root.Currently I have a single user but I would like the installed applications to be accessible to any user (with necessary permissions). Also if there is any installation/write done in the application limited to /opt it should be allowed.
To achieve this I plan to,
- Add user to group root and make the directory /opt 775 ?
Is it safe to add a user to group root?
What is the option otherwise which will enable users rwx in the directory?
I am open for any other better solution as well.
