vtysh: be helpful and kind to unprivileged users

Signed-off-by: Quentin Young <qlyoung@cumulusnetworks.com>

diff --git a/vtysh/vtysh_main.c b/vtysh/vtysh_main.c
index d536263db0d84baef8b259f140c5a7b074dc9ea9..c7e1d252c7271a2345888c2024303dc4cfedd21d 100644 (file)
--- a/vtysh/vtysh_main.c
+++ b/vtysh/vtysh_main.c
@@ -535,6 +535,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **env)
        /* Do not connect until we have passed authentication. */
        if (vtysh_connect_all(daemon_name) <= 0) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Exiting: failed to connect to any daemons.\n");
+               if (geteuid() != 0)
+                       fprintf(stderr,
+                               "Hint: if this seems wrong, try running me as a privileged user!\n");
                if (no_error)
                        exit(0);
                else