[Bug 280518] etcupdate: cannot be run as non-root

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=280518

            Bug ID: 280518
           Summary: etcupdate: cannot be run as non-root
           Product: Base System
           Version: CURRENT
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: bz@FreeBSD.org
                CC: jhb@FreeBSD.org

There are times, e.g., when updating NFS ROOT trees on ZFS when one wants to
run etcupdate on the tree (say on a shared machine).

That is not possible given:

update_cmd() enforces:

   1541         if [ `id -u` -ne 0 ]; then
   1542                 echo "Must be root to update a tree."
   1543                 exit 1
   1544         fi


% etcupdate -s `pwd` -F -D /tank/users/tigger/persie5
Must be root to update a tree.

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