From 24e5daf4f98aad6ebf4d97542e957b139377b1f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel De Graaf <danieldg@inspircd.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:51:32 -0500
Subject: Improve INSTUID error message

---
 make/template/main.mk | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'make/template/main.mk')

diff --git a/make/template/main.mk b/make/template/main.mk
index e24015ca9..cd00cfe19 100644
--- a/make/template/main.mk
+++ b/make/template/main.mk
@@ -158,7 +158,16 @@ finishmessage: target
 	@echo "*************************************"
 
 install: target
-	@if [ $(INSTUID) = 0 ]; then echo "You must specify a non-root uid for the server"; exit 1; fi
+	@if [ "$(INSTUID)" = 0 -o "$(INSTUID)" = root ]; then \
+		echo ""; \
+		echo "Error: You must specify a non-root UID for the server"; \
+		echo ""; \
+		echo "If you are making a package, please specify using ./configure --uid"; \
+		echo "Otherwise, rerun using 'make INSTUID=irc install', where 'irc' is the user"; \
+		echo "who will be running the ircd. You will also need to modify the start script."; \
+		echo ""; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
 	@-install -d -o $(INSTUID) -m $(INSTMODE_DIR) $(BASE)
 	@-install -d -o $(INSTUID) -m $(INSTMODE_DIR) $(BASE)/data
 	@-install -d -o $(INSTUID) -m $(INSTMODE_DIR) $(BASE)/logs
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