Bug 7041 – bin/install should warn if user is root

Bug 7041 - bin/install should warn if user is root

Summary:

bin/install should warn if user is root

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Nimbus
Component:	Installer
Version:	2.4
Platform:	PC Linux

Importance:	P3 normal
Target Milestone:	2.5
Assigned To:	David LaBissoniere

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Blocks:	7013
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Reported:	2010-06-08 16:13 by Tim Freeman
Modified:	2010-07-01 15:32 (History)

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Description From Tim Freeman 2010-06-08 16:13:01

bin/install should warn if user is root

------- Comment #1 From Tim Freeman 2010-06-08 16:13:39 -------

or fail?

------- Comment #2 From David LaBissoniere 2010-06-14 12:45:13 -------

Added root check to bin/install. If one really wants to install as root, they
can edit this script and flip the ALLOW_ROOT_INSTALL variable.

http://github.com/nimbusproject/nimbus/commit/8cb5a4f56a4b7908cbe71afabbcf49996cad8c86

------- Comment #3 From Pierre Riteau 2010-06-14 13:00:58 -------

A comment related to this way of changing the behavior of the install script: I
think it would be better if it was using environment variables instead of
having to edit the script.

------- Comment #4 From Tim Freeman 2010-06-14 22:06:59 -------

Alright, made change

http://github.com/nimbusproject/nimbus/commit/33ae1481f7bd39b13537f36352eac6f8034708a5

------- Comment #5 From Tim Freeman 2010-07-01 15:32:15 -------

Note that this is ./install now, not ./bin/install