[v3,34/35] multipathd: uxclt: allow client mode for non-root, too

Commit Message

Martin Wilck Nov. 27, 2021, 3:19 p.m. UTC

From: Martin Wilck <[e-mail]>

The server checks for root permissions anyway. "multipathd -k"
should work for ordinary users as long as no priviledged commands
are executed.

Reviewed-by: Benjamin Marzinski <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Martin Wilck <[e-mail]>
---
 multipathd/main.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Patch

diff --git a/multipathd/main.c b/multipathd/main.c
index cd9a127..1888710 100644
--- a/multipathd/main.c
+++ b/multipathd/main.c
@@ -3344,11 +3344,6 @@  main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	logsink = LOGSINK_SYSLOG;
 
-	if (getuid() != 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "need to be root\n");
-		exit(1);
-	}
-
 	/* make sure we don't lock any path */
 	if (chdir("/") < 0)
 		fprintf(stderr, "can't chdir to root directory : %s\n",
@@ -3435,6 +3430,11 @@  main (int argc, char *argv[])
 		return err;
 	}
 
+	if (getuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "need to be root\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	if (foreground) {
 		if (!isatty(fileno(stdout)))
 			setbuf(stdout, NULL);