Jas wrote:
chomp(my $userid = `/usr/ucb/whoami` || `/usr/bin/whoami` || 'root');
I am not sure what this means? Is this the process ID or the perl
script is running as a root user?
Nope, it is a simple short circuit to see
who the UserID program of the program was;
It states that if I cant tell who I am (because, for
example, all the programs I tried for whoami failed
(but I ignored the errors)) then I will pretend I am
root -- doesnt mean I am root...
-Bill-
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