Re: [ANNOUNCE] ORT - Oops Reporting Tool

[Christian Kujau <evil@g-house.de>]

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?

thank you,
Christian.

--
BOFH excuse #211:

Lightning strikes.

--- 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
 }
 
@@ -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
 }
 
 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() {