Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 21:57:38 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 211448] sysrc(8): exit status on permission error Message-ID: <bug-211448-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D211448 Bug ID: 211448 Summary: sysrc(8): exit status on permission error Product: Base System Version: CURRENT Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Keywords: easy, needs-patch Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: me@cschwarz.com When sysrc(8) encounters a permission error when changing a variable, it pr= ints an error message to stderr but exits with status 0. This behavior is especially annoying in automation tools, as I had to encou= nter recently (https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/4283): An unprivileged user will have to use heuristics and not rely on the exit status being !=3D 0 to check if the sysrc(8) call succeeded. Steps to reproduce: Login as unprivileged user. Run `sysrc sshd_enable=3DNO`. =3D> Exit code =3D 0 =3D> Stderr: `sysrc: cannot create /etc/rc.conf: Permission denied\n` =3D> Stdour: <empty> Expected: Exit code =3D 1 --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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