Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:24:26 -0800 From: Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> To: jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: prompt w/ uid 0 for cshrc Message-ID: <F58D04B5-C9B7-4B8E-9876-92CF8DBE3CB7@kientzle.com> In-Reply-To: <loom.20121119T174504-575@post.gmane.org> References: <CAF6rxg=V4gbOKOfB%2BJ-fzxHDjqducd8C7d7f1Oxz-UxbquVKeg@mail.gmail.com> <20121118234426.GA16628@dft-labs.eu> <CAF6rxgnAb2oWPmhSMYtm-F1N4LFruyv3g3nhkPNp=X%2BnipCX3A@mail.gmail.com> <loom.20121119T174504-575@post.gmane.org>
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On Nov 19, 2012, at 8:46 AM, jb wrote:
> Eitan Adler <lists <at> eitanadler.com> writes:
>=20
>>=20
>> On 18 November 2012 18:44, Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik <at> gmail.com> =
wrote:
>>> Just take user name from id -nu.
>>=20
>> While that does provide the $user value I want, id is in /usr/bin/
>> which may not be mounted.
>=20
> /rescue/id
Bad idea:
* /rescue tools are not part of the "standard" world
* /rescue tools are sometimes not installed
* Quite a few people have customized the rescue tools to adding or =
omitting things suitable for their particular installation.
* /rescue tools are not guaranteed to be functionally identical to the =
non-rescue versions.
Better to invoke 'id' in a way that produces
"reasonable" results if 'id' is unavailable.
For example:
/bin/sh -c 'id -nu 2>/dev/null' || echo '?'
prints '?' if the id command fails or is unavailable.
Tim
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