need not root perm for help subcmd
authorJF Ding <jian-feng.ding@intel.com>
Mon, 2 Jan 2012 09:16:11 +0000 (17:16 +0800)
committerJF Ding <jian-feng.ding@intel.com>
Mon, 2 Jan 2012 09:16:11 +0000 (17:16 +0800)
reported by Marko, thanks

mic/creator.py

index 9cfcb7d..114b03d 100644 (file)
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ class Creator(cmdln.Cmdln):
 
         self.postoptparse()
 
-        if os.geteuid() != 0:
-            msger.error('Root permission is required to continue, abort')
+        if os.geteuid() != 0 and args[0] != 'help':
+            msger.error('root permission is required to continue, abort')
 
         return self.cmd(args)