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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr/src/lib/libipadm/common/libipadm.c b/usr/src/lib/libipadm/common/libipadm.c
index 527f735e17..068c8d6535 100644
--- a/usr/src/lib/libipadm/common/libipadm.c
+++ b/usr/src/lib/libipadm/common/libipadm.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
/*
* Copyright (c) 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2014, Joyent, Inc. All rights reserved.
* Copyright 2014 Nexenta Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
*/
@@ -285,11 +286,19 @@ ipadm_close(ipadm_handle_t iph)
boolean_t
ipadm_check_auth(void)
{
+ int uid;
struct passwd pwd;
char buf[NSS_BUFLEN_PASSWD];
+ /*
+ * Branded zones may have different kinds of auth, but root always
+ * allowed.
+ */
+ if ((uid = getuid()) == 0)
+ return (B_TRUE);
+
/* get the password entry for the given user ID */
- if (getpwuid_r(getuid(), &pwd, buf, sizeof (buf)) == NULL)
+ if (getpwuid_r(uid, &pwd, buf, sizeof (buf)) == NULL)
return (B_FALSE);
/* check for presence of given authorization */