DESTDIR isn't defined

[shinji257]

I was attempting to do a user-level install (I don't have root on one of the servers) and I found that some libtool and install-sh entries were not respecting the prefix at all. Checking the makefiles I found they were using DESTDIR but this isn't defined at all. I don't know enough about makefiles to fix this myself in the input files so I'm just letting you know. I can edit the Makefile after the fact though.

[pairish]

To do a user level install (without root permissions) please follow the instructions at https://www.duosecurity.com/docs/duounix/faq titled 'Can I use login_duo to protect non-root shared accounts, or can I do an install without root privileges?' For a user-level install neither prefix nor DESTDIR should be set.

DESTDIR should not be defined within the Makefile. DESTDIR is an installation option used when doing a staged install (e.g. when building a RPM package). DESTDIR is only used with the install and uninstall targets of the Makefile. An example:

make DESTDIR=/tmp/foo install

The above example will install duo_unix to /tmp/foo/

If you have any questions or need support, please do not hesitate to contact support at https://www.duosecurity.com/support

[shinji257]

Ahh I think I know what I was doing wrong then. Since I had just come from doing a regular install on another server I was doing make install as well where the instructions don't indicate to. 😆

Sorry about the false report.