On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Tomasi, Chuck wrote: > > die "Only root can run this script" if getpwuid($<) ne 'root'; > > getpwuid($<) returns the entire passwd entry and would require a little > parsing. How about something more like: > > die "Only root can run this script" if ($< != 0);
getpwuid returns the username in a scalar context. -- Brett http://www.chapelperilous.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It's hard to argue that God hated Oklahoma. If He didn't, why is it so close to Texas? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]