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Diffstat (limited to 'src/pacman/pacman.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/pacman/pacman.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c index c57d3464..74493986 100644 --- a/src/pacman/pacman.c +++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c @@ -775,7 +775,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) #if defined(HAVE_GETEUID) /* check if we have sufficient permission for the requested operation */ - if(myuid > 0 && needs_transaction()) { + if(myuid > 0 && !strcmp(alpm_option_get_root(), "/") && needs_transaction()) { + /* special case: ignore root user check if -r is specified, fall back on + * normal FS checking */ pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("you cannot perform this operation unless you are root.\n")); cleanup(EXIT_FAILURE); } |