From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
To: Gene Czarcinski <gene@czarc.net>
Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Btrfs-progs: Exit if not running as root
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:07:12 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51029FA0.10608@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1359113550-23962-1-git-send-email-gene@czarc.net>
On 1/25/13 5:32 AM, Gene Czarcinski wrote:
> This patch hits a lot of files but adds little code. It
> could be considered a bugfix, Currently, when one of the
> btrfs user-space programs is executed by a regular user,
> the result if oftem a number of strange error messages
> which do not indicate the real problem. This patch changes
> that situation.
>
> A test is performed as to whether the program is running
> as root. If it is not, issue an error message and exit.
> Signed-off-by: Gene Czarcinski <gene@czarc.net>
> ---
I agree with others that this isn't the right approach, I'm
afraid.
But can we back up a little -
>> Currently, when one of the
>> btrfs user-space programs is executed by a regular user,
>> the result if oftem a number of strange error messages
>> which do not indicate the real problem.
Can you elaborate on what situations those are, and what
messages appear? I'm guessing that it just requires some
error handling fixes.
-Eric
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-25 15:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-25 11:32 [PATCH] Btrfs-progs: Exit if not running as root Gene Czarcinski
2013-01-25 11:41 ` Stefan Behrens
2013-01-25 12:03 ` Gene Czarcinski
2013-01-25 12:17 ` Stefan Behrens
2013-01-25 13:22 ` Gene Czarcinski
2013-01-25 11:55 ` Roman Mamedov
2013-01-25 12:29 ` Gene Czarcinski
2013-01-25 12:43 ` Hugo Mills
2013-01-25 15:19 ` Brendan Hide
2013-01-25 13:00 ` Roman Mamedov
2013-01-25 13:52 ` Russell Coker
2013-01-25 15:04 ` Gene Czarcinski
2013-01-25 15:10 ` Gene Czarcinski
2013-01-25 15:30 ` cwillu
2013-01-25 16:06 ` Eric Sandeen
2013-01-26 2:18 ` Russell Coker
2013-01-26 7:46 ` Goffredo Baroncelli
2013-01-25 15:07 ` Eric Sandeen [this message]
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