From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 17:00:01 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: If the first argument is --version or --help, skip the root check.
X-Git-Tag: REL7_1~570
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c86c379787315b99c5ed47058cfcef0dec5e5601;p=postgresql

If the first argument is --version or --help, skip the root check.
---

diff --git a/src/backend/main/main.c b/src/backend/main/main.c
index 71b83c7496..b8c6cffdf6 100644
--- a/src/backend/main/main.c
+++ b/src/backend/main/main.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/main/main.c,v 1.40 2001/01/24 19:42:56 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/main/main.c,v 1.41 2001/02/06 17:00:01 petere Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -109,7 +109,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 * be temporarily disabled there...
 	*/
 #ifndef __BEOS__
-	if (geteuid() == 0)
+	if (!(argc > 1
+		  && ( strcmp(argv[1], "--help")==0 || strcmp(argv[1], "-?")==0
+			   || strcmp(argv[1], "--version")==0 || strcmp(argv[1], "-V")==0 ))
+		&& (geteuid() == 0) )
 	{
 		fprintf(stderr, "%s", NOROOTEXEC);
 		exit(1);