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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/poky-qemu-ifdown')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/poky-qemu-ifdown | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/poky-qemu-ifdown b/scripts/poky-qemu-ifdown index 93a87559af..ece2dc998a 100755 --- a/scripts/poky-qemu-ifdown +++ b/scripts/poky-qemu-ifdown @@ -1,6 +1,15 @@ #!/bin/bash # -# QEMU network interface configuration script. +# QEMU network configuration script to bring down tap devices. This +# utility needs to be run as root, and will use the tunctl binary +# from a Poky sysroot. +# +# If you find yourself calling this script a lot, you can add the +# the following to your /etc/sudoers file to be able to run this +# command without entering your password each time: +# +# <my-username> ALL=NOPASSWD: /path/to/poky-qemu-ifup +# <my-username> ALL=NOPASSWD: /path/to/poky-qemu-ifdown # # Copyright (c) 2006-2010 Intel Corp. # @@ -18,9 +27,14 @@ # 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. usage() { - echo "$0 <tap-dev> <native-sysroot-basedir>" + echo "sudo $0 <tap-dev> <native-sysroot-basedir>" } +if [ $EUID -ne 0 ]; then + echo "Error: This script (poky-qemu-ifdown) must be run with root privileges" + exit 1 +fi + if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then usage exit 1 |