freebsd-update(8) without an echo of "You must be root to run this."

[Chris Rees]

Hey,

On 16 February 2021 08:53:29 GMT, Graham Perrin <grahamperrin at gmail.com> wrote:
><https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh?id=48ffe56ac5b7adb5b851d32be12b2ec0f13705a4#n555>
>
>         echo "You must be root to run this."
>
>Below: is this my PEBKAM, or (with a system that is preconfigured to 
>deny login as root) _should_ there be an echo of the requirement to run
>
>as root?
>
>----
>
>mowa219-gjp4-vm-hellosystem-eol-freebsd% su -
>Password:
>su: Sorry
>mowa219-gjp4-vm-hellosystem-eol-freebsd% sudo grep LOCKED 
>/etc/master.passwd
>root:*LOCKED*:0:0::0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh
>mowa219-gjp4-vm-hellosystem-eol-freebsd% sudo freebsd-update upgrade -r

Sudo means that you are root.  *LOCKED* just disables the root password.

Chris