Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 21:59:52 +0000 From: Chris Rees <crees@bayofrum.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> Subject: Re: freebsd-update(8) without an echo of "You must be root to run this." Message-ID: <BAA5410A-FAC7-45D1-9295-CB1CD3A47F6A@bayofrum.net> In-Reply-To: <1d5a4d6b-b857-d5c5-070f-8d13f4ae3deb@gmail.com>
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Hey, On 16 February 2021 08:53:29 GMT, Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> wrote: ><https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh?id=48ffe56ac5b7adb5b851d32be12b2ec0f13705a4#n555>; > > echo "You must be root to run this." > >Below: is this my PEBKAM, or (with a system that is preconfigured to >deny login as root) _should_ there be an echo of the requirement to run > >as root? > >---- > >mowa219-gjp4-vm-hellosystem-eol-freebsd% su - >Password: >su: Sorry >mowa219-gjp4-vm-hellosystem-eol-freebsd% sudo grep LOCKED >/etc/master.passwd >root:*LOCKED*:0:0::0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh >mowa219-gjp4-vm-hellosystem-eol-freebsd% sudo freebsd-update upgrade -r Sudo means that you are root. *LOCKED* just disables the root password. Chrishelp
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