cli: reconcile how permissions are effectively checked vs. suggestion

jnpkrn · rh-atomic-bot · commit 00a60f700f49 · 2019-12-11T16:16:46.000Z
Nowhere to be found that UID-0 user has to go under "root" login name, making the message confusing for cases it is not the case, or when there are more such names pertaining that key condition. The original message would only be credible, if that was indeed how the check was constructed, but for obvious reasons, it is not like that. Current wording is a courtesy of Neal Gompa, there were more variants considered before (e.g. "[fully] privileged user", GH#1509). Signed-off-by: Jan Pokorný <jpokorny@redhat.com> Closes: rpm-software-management#1549 Approved by: Conan-Kudo
diff --git a/dnf/cli/cli.py b/dnf/cli/cli.py
@@ -809,7 +809,8 @@ def _process_demands(self):
 
         if demands.root_user:
             if not dnf.util.am_i_root():
-                raise dnf.exceptions.Error(_('This command has to be run under the root user.'))
+                raise dnf.exceptions.Error(
+                    _('This command has to be run with superuser privileges.'))
 
         if demands.changelogs:
             for repo in repos.iter_enabled():
