ChangeLog, fsck.c:

  fsck.c (interpret_device): Add better error messages if a UUID= or
  	LABEL= specification is given.

diff --git a/misc/ChangeLog b/misc/ChangeLog
index 2debf22..f9fc009 100644 (file)
--- a/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2000-05-08  Theodore Ts'o  <tytso@valinux.com>
 
+       * fsck.c (interpret_device): Add better error messages if a UUID=
+               or LABEL= specification is given.
+
        * mke2fs.c (main): We forcibly turn off the filetype feature if
                the OS is the hurd, since the hurd doesn't support it.
                (And since the hurd allows the transmogrification of files

diff --git a/misc/fsck.c b/misc/fsck.c
index 1e76257..c9ed769 100644 (file)
--- a/misc/fsck.c
+++ b/misc/fsck.c
@@ -274,7 +274,16 @@ static char *interpret_device(char *spec)
                fprintf(stderr, "Is /proc mounted?\n");
                exit(1);
        }
-       return spec;
+       /*
+        * Check to see if this is because we're not running as root
+        */
+       if (geteuid())
+               fprintf(stderr, "Must be root to scan for matching "
+                       "filesystems: %s\n", spec);
+       else
+               fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't find matching filesystem: %s\n", 
+                       spec);
+       exit(1);
 }
 
 /*