Re: ✘buildprep

[John D. Bell]

Eric,


     The old-school way to check this is "id | grep 'uid=0(' >/dev/null" 
and look at the exit status.  Has worked as far back as SunOS 4 and 
systems in that era; works AFAIK on all Linux distros.


   - John D. Bell


On 01/21/2017 01:50 AM, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Gary E. Miller <gem at rellim.com>:
>> Another issue with buildprep.  On Debian Jessie, it thinks I am not
>> root:
>>
>> # id
>>    uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
>>
>>
>> #./buildprep
>>    # Preparing your system for ntpsec source build...
>>    # This script presently knows about Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, and SLES.
>>    # If you are running something else, such as MacOS or Solaris, please
>>    # follow the directions for by-hand installation in INSTALL.
>>    #
>>    #You must be running as root for your installer to do its thing.
> Hm...does Jessie not set $UID?
>
> What would you recommend as a test?
>
>
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