Hi there, Multiple times now I have made the mistake of trying to run an Archlinux-config script without the appropriate permissions. Every script gives some other error, all quite unlogical. For example; running mkinitrd gives me 'ERROR: All of your loopback devices are in use!', most scripts in /etc/rc.d give a 'Fail' without any explanation while others spit out permission problems.
Wouldn't it be an idea to standardize the way these scripts check for permissions? For example; a script might initialize a variable REQ_PERMS='group:root'; or REQ_PERMS='user:root'. A simple function in /etc/rc.d/functions could then stop the script more gracefully saying 'Only the root user may run this script'. It is ofcourse no security matter; but simply a way to standardize the errors given to the user. Suggestions/comments/ideas welcome :) -- Sjon http://sjon.hortensius.net/ _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
