[RFC PATCH 02/13] utils/pb-sos: Don't create files in root by default

Samuel Mendoza-Jonas sam at mendozajonas.com
Thu Jun 28 16:41:40 AEST 2018


If running in a non-root shell the user will not be able to create or
access files in / so operate in the current directory instead.

Signed-off-by: Samuel Mendoza-Jonas <sam at mendozajonas.com>
---
 utils/pb-sos | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/utils/pb-sos b/utils/pb-sos
index e3e8f6b..44dcabd 100755
--- a/utils/pb-sos
+++ b/utils/pb-sos
@@ -43,32 +43,31 @@ do
     shift
 done
 
-mkdir -p /$diagdir
+mkdir -p $diagdir
 
 # Include version of pb-discover
-pb-discover --version > /$diagdir/version
+pb-discover --version > $diagdir/version
 
 # Unconditionally grab relevant /var/log files
 log "Adding files from /var/log"
-cp -r /var/log/messages /var/log/petitboot /$diagdir/
+cp -r /var/log/messages /var/log/petitboot $diagdir/
 
 # Check if pb-discover segfaulted
 if [ -r $corefile ]
 then
 	log "Adding core dump"
-	cp /core /$diagdir/
+	cp /core $diagdir/
 fi
 
 # Copy dmesg
 log "Adding dmesg"
-dmesg > /$diagdir/dmesg
+dmesg > $diagdir/dmesg
 
 # Add Skiboot log
 log "Adding Skiboot log"
-cat /sys/firmware/opal/msglog > /$diagdir/msglog
+cat /sys/firmware/opal/msglog > $diagdir/msglog
 
 log "Compressing..."
-cd /
 
 tar $tarflags $tarfile $diagdir
 gzip < $tarfile > $tarfile.gz
-- 
2.18.0



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