apache-config returns "you must be root" even if user is root : problem with $UID

[Rémi BOULLE]

Binary package hint: wims

Here are the steps :

1/ $sudo apt-get install wims (and all dependencies)
2/ $sudo su
3/ $./var/lib/wims/bin/apache-config

It returns : "This script adds WIMS-related definitions to Apache config. It must be run as root. su to root before running this script!"

The part of /var/lib/wims/bin/apache-config that seem to cause the problem is here :
********
if [ ! "$UID" = 0 ]; then
 echo
 echo This script adds WIMS-related definitions to Apache config.
 echo It must be run as root.
 echo
 echo su to root before running this script!
 echo
 echo
 exit
fi
*********
I just commented this out and it worked. Strange.

[Bernadette (bpr)]

Replace
if [ ! "$UID" = 0 ]; then

by

if [ ! "$(id -ru )" = 0 ]; then

the first syntax seems to be a "bashism" not compatible with unbuntu

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh

It has been corrected in the svn version
http://sourcesup.cru.fr/projects/wimsdev

Bernadette

[David Stansby (dstansby-deactivatedaccount)]

What version of wims were you using, and which version of ubuntu were you using when you encountered this bug?

[callum (callumdryden)]

This is fixed in the current wims package in Lucid