courier-imap install problem !!!!!!!!!!

[baroc]

checking whether the gfortran linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking for env... /bin/env
configure: WARNING: === Do not compile Courier-IMAP as root. Compile
configure: WARNING: === Courier-IMAP as a non-root user then su to
configure: WARNING: === root before running make install. You must now
configure: WARNING: === remove this entire directory and then extract the
configure: WARNING: === source code from the tarball as a non-root user
configure: WARNING: === and rerun the configure script. If you have read
configure: WARNING: === the INSTALL file you should have known this. So
configure: WARNING: === you better read INSTALL again.
configure: error: aborted.
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.46485 (%prep)


i dont compile this i have tray all way for run this and all time become i this shit message

[falko]

What exactly are you doing if you aren't compiling Courier-IMAP?
Which distribution are you using?

[baroc]

centos 5.3 i do what all you write on the best server config page. can u helpme for this problem.
thx. i cant fix the problem. i already tried all ways for to fix this problem. But the result is always same.

[falko]

What tutorial (URL) are you referring to?

[matey]

seems like the problem is the user root, can you login as someone else and try it again?
seems like the directory rights issue!
su - imap (for instance if user imap exists)