Bug 25095 – need to check if user is root

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Bug 25095 - need to check if user is root

Summary:	need to check if user is root

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	netcfg (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.1
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Nalin Dahyabhai
QA Contact:	David Lawrence
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Whiteboard:	Florence RC-2
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Reported:	2001-01-27 16:43 EST by Jeremy Katz
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:30 EDT (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Last Closed:	2001-01-29 19:03:55 EST
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Description Jeremy Katz 2001-01-27 16:43:39 EST

Need to check if user is root on running netcfg prior to trying to read
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets to avoid traceback

1113 katzj@rivendell:~/projects/redhat> netcfg
Red Hat Linux netcfg 2.31
Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Red Hat, Inc.
Redistributable under the terms of the GNU General Public License
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/lib/rhs/netcfg/netcfg.py", line 1963, in ?
    win = WindowFrame(Toplevel())
  File "/usr/lib/rhs/netcfg/netcfg.py", line 1931, in __init__
    self.G = GV()
  File "/usr/lib/rhs/netcfg/netcfg.py", line 172, in __init__
    self.PAP = ConfPAP()
  File "/usr/lib/rhs/python/Conf.py", line 1683, in __init__
    Conf.__init__(self, '/etc/ppp/pap-secrets', '#', '\t ', '\t')
  File "/usr/lib/rhs/python/Conf.py", line 180, in __init__
    self.read()
  File "/usr/lib/rhs/python/Conf.py", line 1685, in read
    Conf.read(self)
  File "/usr/lib/rhs/python/Conf.py", line 260, in read
    self.file = open(self.filename, 'r', -1)
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/ppp/pap-secrets'

Comment 1 Glen Foster 2001-01-29 19:03:50 EST

This defect is considered MUST-FIX for Florence Release-Candidate #2

Comment 2 Nalin Dahyabhai 2001-02-09 16:58:03 EST

Should be resolved in netcfg-2.36-2 and later.  Please reopen if you find that
this is not the case.

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