On 04/30/2014 10:55 AM, Bluejay Adametz wrote:
It seems to me that having a shell script prompt for the root password is a recipe for disaster, but you can easily check to see if the user is already root, and bail if not.I've been uneasy with that idea as well, although not to the point of imminent disaster ... Different sites might have different rules for gaining root access. Some might not even permit su and require everything to go through sudo, or some other mechanism, perhaps as part of an auditing/logging process. If it needs to run as root, I would just state that as a requirement, check for that condition, and output a clear error message if it's not met. Sometimes it's possible to "dumb things down" too much. - Bluejay Adametz Matter may be created or destroyed, but it may not be returned without a receipt.
Hi Bluejay, No root, no shirt, no shoes, no service is the way I wrote it. Maybe not the shirt or shoes. :-) -T -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
