[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Updated: (JBDS-1047) We should warn if run as root user to avoid problems during uninstall

[Max Rydahl Andersen (JIRA)]

     [ https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBDS-1047?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Max Rydahl Andersen updated JBDS-1047:
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          Summary: We should warn if run as root user to avoid problems during uninstall  (was: JBDS 3.0 CR1, can a check be made when running from the command line to make sure you can't install as root on linux)
    Fix Version/s: 3.0.0.CR2
      Description: 
(updated title to reflect it should be a warning, not error)

When I ran the installer I was not paying attention and ran it as root, it ended up installed in /usr/local/jbdevstudio3cr1.  I then tried to run the uninstaller and was left with a few items in the Applications -> Programming Main menu as seen in the attached screen shot.  Should we check to see if you are trying to install as root on linux.  It also seemed that I was not able to have any servers available in the server view, although I am not sure if that is a first time running the cr1 installer error as seemed to have happened on my mac, where I never run as root.  Now that I have installed once there is no way to test this hypothesis.  

  was:When I ran the installer I was not paying attention and ran it as root, it ended up installed in /usr/local/jbdevstudio3cr1.  I then tried to run the uninstaller and was left with a few items in the Applications -> Programming Main menu as seen in the attached screen shot.  Should we check to see if you are trying to install as root on linux.  It also seemed that I was not able to have any servers available in the server view, although I am not sure if that is a first time running the cr1 installer error as seemed to have happened on my mac, where I never run as root.  Now that I have installed once there is no way to test this hypothesis.  

           Labels: usability  (was: )


> We should warn if run as root user to avoid problems during uninstall
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>                 Key: JBDS-1047
>                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBDS-1047
>             Project: JBoss Developer Studio
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>          Components: installer
>         Environment: Linux JDK 6
>            Reporter: Jim Tyrrell
>             Fix For: 3.0.0.CR2
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>         Attachments: UnistallDidNotRemove
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> (updated title to reflect it should be a warning, not error)
> When I ran the installer I was not paying attention and ran it as root, it ended up installed in /usr/local/jbdevstudio3cr1.  I then tried to run the uninstaller and was left with a few items in the Applications -> Programming Main menu as seen in the attached screen shot.  Should we check to see if you are trying to install as root on linux.  It also seemed that I was not able to have any servers available in the server view, although I am not sure if that is a first time running the cr1 installer error as seemed to have happened on my mac, where I never run as root.  Now that I have installed once there is no way to test this hypothesis.  

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