From: Quentin Young <qlyoung@cumulusnetworks.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 22:59:13 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: vtysh: be helpful and kind to unprivileged users
X-Git-Tag: base_7.3~185^2
X-Git-Url: https://git.puffer.fish/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1427547595bf4e9e64ad2c92c9eade27f5af8c26;p=matthieu%2Ffrr.git

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 d536263db0..c7e1d252c7 100644
--- 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