2008-06-16 Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>

        * util/update-grub.in: Check for $EUID instead of $UID.
        Reported by Vincent Zweije.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ea17524f35f4a7e6fac634c3fd15d7e8c57e8cec..2ef74c20f8e6dfe50e095ec57e64e93ceb4de111 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-06-16  Robert Millan  <rmh@aybabtu.com>
+
+       * util/update-grub.in: Check for $EUID instead of $UID.
+       Reported by Vincent Zweije.
+
 2008-06-16  Bean  <bean123ch@gmail.com>
 
        * fs/ext2.c (grub_ext2_blockgroup): Revert to pre journal state.

diff --git a/util/update-grub.in b/util/update-grub.in
index 84a5e1852e64755f6b8572e141023790fe0cef7f..c78444e197ed9c177051592d573c41e02066277a 100644 (file)
--- a/util/update-grub.in
+++ b/util/update-grub.in
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ done
 
 . ${libdir}/grub/update-grub_lib
 
-if [ "x$UID" = "x" ] ; then
-  UID=`id -u`
+if [ "x$EUID" = "x" ] ; then
+  EUID=`id -u`
 fi
 
-if [ "$UID" != 0 ] ; then
+if [ "$EUID" != 0 ] ; then
   echo "$0: You must run this as root" >&2
   exit 1
 fi