The branch main has been updated by emaste:
URL:
https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=c08ba4a588d517e3c5fe00cee0927294d2490993
commit c08ba4a588d517e3c5fe00cee0927294d2490993
Author: Ed Maste <ema...@freebsd.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-10-15 17:21:52 +0000
Commit: Ed Maste <ema...@freebsd.org>
CommitDate: 2023-10-15 18:31:51 +0000
efibootmgr: provide explicit error message if run as non-root
This should be less confusing for new users.
Reviewed by: imp
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D42213
---
usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.c b/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.c
index b0d023e3539c..8dcf9876486d 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.c
@@ -1101,8 +1101,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
/*
* find_dev can operate without any efi variables
*/
- if (!efi_variables_supported() && !opts.find_dev)
- errx(1, "efi variables not supported on this system. root?
kldload efirt?");
+ if (!efi_variables_supported() && !opts.find_dev) {
+ if (errno == EACCES && geteuid() != 0)
+ errx(1, "must be run as root");
+ errx(1, "efi variables not supported on this system. kldload
efirt?");
+ }
read_vars();
