Hi Ignace

Thanks for the patch. Applied and soon to be uploaded.

Best regards,

// Ola

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 12:37:14PM +0100, Ignace Mouzannar wrote:
> Package: vzctl
> Version: 3.0.23-8
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
> 
> Hello,
> 
> When trying vzctl's bash completion with an unprivileged user, the
> completion outputs "This program can only be run under root." to
> stderr.
> As a result, the command line becomes unusable: the user must then ^C
> to re-enter the line making sure not to use <TAB>.
> 
> --------------8<--------------8<--------------
> bosta:~$ sudo vzctl stop This program can only be run under root.
> This program can only be run under root.
> ^C
> bosta:~$ sudo vzctl create This program can only be run under root.
> 101 ^C
> bosta:~$ sudo vzctl set 101 --ipdel This program can only be run under root.
> all ^C
> --------------8<--------------8<--------------
> 
> This output comes from the call of vzlist(8) in 
> /etc/bash_completion.d/vzctl.sh.
> 
> While vzctl(8) should only be run as root, it should not offer a
> "false completion".
> 
> I have attached a patch testing the user's UID before using this
> vzlist(8) for the completion.
> 
> Kind regards,
>  Ignace Mouzannar
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: squeeze/sid
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (99, 'stable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-openvz-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> 
> Versions of packages vzctl depends on:
> ii  iproute                       20090324-1 networking and traffic control 
> too
> ii  libc6                         2.10.2-2   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> ii  vzquota                       3.0.11-2   server virtualization solution - 
> q
> 
> Versions of packages vzctl recommends:
> ii  rsync                         3.0.6-1    fast remote file copy program 
> (lik
> 
> vzctl suggests no packages.
> 
> -- no debconf information



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