2005/6/26, Christian Kujau <[email protected]>:
> Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote:
> >
> > The commands that are requiring root capabilties are:
> > lspci -vvv
> > lsusb -v
>
> i still dislike the idea being forced to be root, does the attached patch
> looks ok?
Just for my understanding, why do you dislike to be forced to be root ?
You are reporting a kernel problem, I don't see any problem in being
root, but I donìt have a clear understing of pro and cons.
> --- ort/ort.sh.orig 2005-06-25 23:42:22.000000000 +0200
> +++ ort/ort.sh 2005-06-25 23:54:32.000000000 +0200
> @@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ EM_CLI=mutt
>
> help() {
> echo "Usage: [root@mylinuxbox ~]$ ./ort.sh oops.txt"
> - echo "You need to be root [uid=0] to run the script"
> exit 1
> }
>
> @@ -53,7 +52,12 @@ cmd_line() {
> check_uid() {
> if [ $UID != "0" ]
> then
> - help
> + echo -n "You should be root [uid=0] to run the script, continue? [y,n] "
> + read c
> + if [ "$c" != "y" ]; then
> + echo "Aborted."
> + exit 1
> + fi
> fi
> }
This is fine with me.
> @@ -274,7 +278,7 @@ point_7_4() {
>
> point_7_5() {
> echo -e "\n[7.5.] PCI information" >> $ORT_F
> - lspci -vvv >> $ORT_F
> + env PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin lspci -vvv >> $ORT_F
What's the benefit of this change ?
> }
>
> point_7_6() {
> @@ -286,7 +290,7 @@ point_7_6() {
>
> point_7_7() {
> echo -e "\n[7.7.] USB information" >> $ORT_F
> - lsusb -v >> $ORT_F
> + env PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin lsusb -v >> $ORT_F
> }
>
> point_7_8() {
>
>
--
Paolo
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