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Re: Root checked moved after parsing the command line.


From: Jeff Bailey
Subject: Re: Root checked moved after parsing the command line.
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 07:51:14 -0700
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On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 03:20:42AM +0200, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:

> This moves the checking of root in ping to a later stage, i.e. after
> parsing the command line.  This is so that --help can be a bit of
> use for users instead of spitting out an "must run as root" message.
> Oh, it also moves the variable is_root into main().

> OK to commit?

Looks good.

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