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| author | Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org> | 2008-02-15 14:29:08 -0500 |
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| committer | Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org> | 2008-02-15 14:29:08 -0500 |
| commit | 0f05501579dc0a4e66ccbbd8e0b29d052d9b5920 (patch) | |
| tree | 79bf8b7b328e87e8c30cc64e64a1bea9a6f2dca5 /runtime/staprun/staprun_funcs.c | |
| parent | 044427bcdfa2a1d58a912bf96546892bef82b717 (diff) | |
| parent | 275f40a6d612f94e5272eeed772e9c9294cb8e1f (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' of git://sources.redhat.com/git/systemtap
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime/staprun/staprun_funcs.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/staprun/staprun_funcs.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/staprun/staprun_funcs.c b/runtime/staprun/staprun_funcs.c index d1bba3f8..3a678405 100644 --- a/runtime/staprun/staprun_funcs.c +++ b/runtime/staprun/staprun_funcs.c @@ -336,7 +336,11 @@ int check_permissions(void) /* If neither group was found, just return an error. */ if (stapdev_gid == (gid_t)-1 && stapusr_gid == (gid_t)-1) { - err("ERROR: unable to find either group \"stapdev\" or group \"stapusr\"\n"); + err("ERROR: You are trying to run stap as a normal user.\n" + "You should either be root, or be part of either " + "group \"stapdev\" or group \"stapusr\".\n" + "Your system doesn't seem to have either group.\n" + "For more information, please consult the \"SAFETY AND SECURITY\" section of the \"stap(1)\" manpage\n"); return -1; } @@ -374,7 +378,10 @@ int check_permissions(void) /* If path_check is 0, then the user isn't a member of either * group. Error out. */ if (path_check == 0) { - err("ERROR: you must be a member of either group \"stapdev\" or group \"stapusr\"\n"); + err("ERROR: You are trying to run stap as a normal user.\n" + "You must be a member of either group \"stapdev\" or group \"stapusr\".\n" + "Please contact your system administrator to get yourself membership to either of those groups.\n" + "For more information, please consult the \"SAFETY AND SECURITY\" section of the \"stap(1)\" manpage.\n"); return 0; } |