warning: hp-info should not be run as root/superuser.

[aswen]

Hi, I just experimented a bit during the talk on Fosdem, so maybe I should read more doc before complaining ;-)
I haven't configure anything before experimenting so that might be the issue as well.
however, cfg2html should be run as root but fails complaining:

root@nvc1994:/data/git/cfg2html# ./cfg2html 


--=[ http://www.cfg2html.com ]=---------------------------------------------
Starting          cfg2html-linux version 6.16-git201312020913
Path to Cfg2Html  ./cfg2html
HTML Output File  /var/log/cfg2html/nvc1994.html
Text Output File  /var/log/cfg2html/nvc1994.txt
Partitions        /var/log/cfg2html/nvc1994.partitions.save
Errors logged to  /var/log/cfg2html/nvc1994.err
Local config      ./linux/etc/local.conf
Started at        2014-02-02 10:36:57
WARNING           USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! :-))           <<<<<
--=[ http://www.cfg2html.com ]=---------------------------------------------

Collecting:  Linux System (Debian GNU/Linux Version 7.3)  ....................................
Collecting:  Cron and At  ..........
Collecting:  Hardware  .................
Collecting:  Software  ......
Collecting:  Filesystems, Dump- and Swapconfiguration  .........
Collecting:  LVM  ............
Collecting:  Network Settings  ....................................
Collecting:  Kernel, Modules and Libraries  .............
Collecting:  System Enhancements  .
Collecting:  Applications and Subsystems  ............

--=[ http://www.cfg2html.com ]=---------------------------------------------
Returncode=1 (see /var/log/cfg2html/nvc1994.err)


root@nvc1994:/data/git/cfg2html# tail /var/log/cfg2html/nvc1994.err 
stderr output from "PVDisplay":
        Using physical volume(s) on command line
stderr output from "/sbin/mii-tool -v":
    no MII interfaces found
stderr output from "echo | /usr/sbin/sendmail -v root | grep 220":
    LOG: MAIN
      <= root@nvc1994.swen.nu U=root P=local S=303
stderr output from "echo q | /usr/bin/hp-info -i |         /usr/bin/col":
    warning: hp-info should not be run as root/superuser.
    error: No device selected/specified or that supports this functionality.

[roseswe]

Its (AFAIK) only a warning. But I am not happy with hp-info at all (garbled output, waits for keystroke etc.). So the question is, if we should remove it?

Anyone that needs this?

[gdha]

+1 to get rid of it

On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Ralph Roth notifications@github.comwrote:

Its (AFAIK) only a warning. But I am not happy with hp-info at all
(garbled output, waits for keystroke etc.). So the question is, if we
should remove it?

Anyone that needs this?

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[vk2cot]

I concur, I would not rely on vendor tool that most sites do not have or use.

Dusan