Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Jan 2002 23:29:29 +0000 (GMT) | From | Matthew Kirkwood <> | Subject | Re: initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements) |
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On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> > > The underlying problem is that dmidecode needs access to kmem, and I > > > can't assume that the person running my configurator will be root. > > > > But you can "su -c" (also sudo, I suppose). If that person > > doesn't have root, then building a kernel isn't going to do > > them much good. > > We've been over this already. No, the configurator user should *not* > have to su at any point before actual kernel installation. Bad > practice, no doughnut.
Why bad practice? Anyway, you can:
if [ /proc/ -nt /var/run/dmidecode ]; then echo We need to run some code as root. echo -n Enter root\'s\ su -c 'dmidecode > /var/run/dmidecode' fi
Which provides at least a way to have your config tool work without having to bloat the initramfs.
Matthew.
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