From: J William Piggott <elseifthen@gmx.com>
To: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] hwclock: non-root access in test mode
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:28:26 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5508562A.4030108@gmx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <55085554.5040409@gmx.com>
Allow a non-root user to call all hwclock
functions when the --test option is used.
Signed-off-by: J William Piggott <elseifthen@gmx.com>
---
sys-utils/hwclock.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock.c b/sys-utils/hwclock.c
index e8732b8..e1e5816 100644
--- a/sys-utils/hwclock.c
+++ b/sys-utils/hwclock.c
@@ -1914,15 +1914,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
permitted = TRUE;
else {
/* program is designed to run setuid (in some situations) */
- if (set || systohc || adjust) {
+ if ((set || systohc || adjust) && !testing) {
warnx(_("Sorry, only the superuser can change "
"the Hardware Clock."));
permitted = FALSE;
- } else if (systz || hctosys) {
+ } else if ((systz || hctosys) && !testing) {
warnx(_("Sorry, only the superuser can change "
"the System Clock."));
permitted = FALSE;
- } else if (setepoch) {
+ } else if (setepoch && !testing) {
warnx(_("Sorry, only the superuser can change the "
"Hardware Clock epoch in the kernel."));
permitted = FALSE;
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-17 16:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-17 16:24 [PATCH 1/2] hwclock: increase debug output precision J William Piggott
2015-03-17 16:28 ` J William Piggott [this message]
2015-03-25 8:35 ` Karel Zak
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