Allowing plugins to specify whether or not they need root permissionsr2.3

in order to operate. This will allow for sosreport to run as a normal
user provided that they only wish to execute plugins that require no
super user permissions.

3 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/build_jar.sh b/build_jar.sh
index e5517bce..1c5d1d33 100755
--- a/build_jar.sh
+++ b/build_jar.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 BUILD_DIR=buildjar
-DEST_JAR=$BUILD_DIR/sosreport.jar
+ARCHIVE_NAME=sosreport.jar
+DEST_JAR=$BUILD_DIR/$ARCHIVE_NAME
 PO_DIR=$BUILD_DIR/sos/po
 
-cp $JYTHON_STANDALONE_JAR $DEST_JAR
-
 echo "Making build directories ..."
 mkdir -p $PO_DIR
 
@@ -21,8 +20,9 @@ done
 echo "Duplicating en ..."
 cp $PO_DIR/en.properties $PO_DIR/en_US.properties
 
-echo "Removing .class files"
+echo "Removing .class and .pyc files"
 find sos -name "*.class" | xargs rm
+find sos -name "*.pyc" | xargs rm
 
 echo "Adding in sos ..."
 zip -r $DEST_JAR sos
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ zip -r $DEST_JAR __run__.py
 
 echo "Adding in i18n ..."
 cd $BUILD_DIR
-zip -r sosreport.jar sos
+zip -r $ARCHIVE_NAME sos
 
 echo "Cleaning up ..."
 cd -
diff --git a/sos/plugins/__init__.py b/sos/plugins/__init__.py
index ff4e7606..5868ff09 100644
--- a/sos/plugins/__init__.py
+++ b/sos/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ class Plugin(object):
     be subclassed by platform specific superclasses. Actual plugins
     should not subclass this class directly.
     """
+
+    requires_root = True
+
     def __init__(self, commons):
         if not getattr(self, "optionList", False):
             self.optionList = deque()
diff --git a/sos/sosreport.py b/sos/sosreport.py
index 048a5e49..43b645eb 100644
--- a/sos/sosreport.py
+++ b/sos/sosreport.py
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ No changes will be made to your system.
 
         signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self.get_exit_handler())
 
+        self._is_root = (os.getuid() == 0)
+
         self.opts, self.args = parse_options(opts)
         self._set_debug()
         self._read_config()
@@ -275,6 +277,7 @@ No changes will be made to your system.
         self._check_for_unknown_plugins()
         self._set_plugin_options()
 
+
     def print_header(self):
         print "\n%s\n" % _("sosreport (version %s)" % (__version__,))
 
@@ -470,6 +473,11 @@ No changes will be made to your system.
                         self._skip(plugin_class)
                         continue
 
+                    if plugin_class.requires_root and not self._is_root:
+                        self.soslog.warning(_("plugin %s requires root permissions to execute, skipping") % plug)
+                        self._skip(plugin_class)
+                        continue
+
                     # plug-in is valid, let's decide whether run it or not
                     self.plugin_names.append(plugbase)
 
@@ -817,11 +825,6 @@ No changes will be made to your system.
         # Close all log files and perform any cleanup
         logging.shutdown()
 
-    def ensure_root(self):
-        if os.getuid() != 0:
-            print _("sosreport requires root permissions to run.")
-            self._exit(1)
-
     def ensure_plugins(self):
         if not self.loaded_plugins:
             self.soslog.error(_("no valid plugins were enabled"))
@@ -834,7 +837,6 @@ def main(args):
     if sos.opts.listPlugins:
         sos.list_plugins()
 
-    sos.ensure_root()
     sos.ensure_plugins()
     sos.batch()