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Old 03-14-2010
identifying SU mode by shell script
the following bash script is not working in fedora-11 Could anyone help me please?

Code:
#!/bin/bash

if
[$[`id -u`] -ne  0];then
       echo " you are in root"
else   echo " you must be in root -su mode??"
fi
exit

Last edited by Franklin52; 03-14-2010 at 09:50 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags!
# 2  
Old 03-14-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by Turtel
the following bash script is not working in fedora-11 Could anyone help me please?

Code:
#!/bin/bash

if
[$[`id -u`] -ne  0];then
       echo " you are in root"
else   echo " you must be in root -su mode??"
fi
exit

Replace:
Code:
if [$[`id -u`] -ne  0]

with:
Code:
if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]

Be aware of the spaces around the square brackets.
# 3  
Old 03-15-2010
Thanks Franklin very much..........
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