From 767fa8a7e2afeb1d53838a6f544fa1232aef39da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 11:07:31 -0700 Subject: Use sudo when getting speed Ethtool doesn't allow non-root user to read settings (in mainline kernel). --- lib/Vyatta/Qos/Util.pm | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/Vyatta/Qos/Util.pm b/lib/Vyatta/Qos/Util.pm index 242e2b4..9686120 100644 --- a/lib/Vyatta/Qos/Util.pm +++ b/lib/Vyatta/Qos/Util.pm @@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ sub ethtoolRate { # Get rate of real device (ignore vlan) $dev =~ s/\.[0-9]+$//; - open( my $ethtool, "/usr/sbin/ethtool $dev 2>/dev/null |" ) + open( my $ethtool, "sudo /usr/sbin/ethtool $dev 2>/dev/null |" ) or die "ethtool failed: $!\n"; # ethtool produces: -- cgit v1.2.3