bug fixes

[distro-setup] / system-status

diff --git a/system-status b/system-status
index c58d9cea7f6eb3efceae04e08d85c1ce386bfa22..ddb5b738c28db81d1f4320ad10200de8b4f3f773 100755 (executable)
--- a/system-status
+++ b/system-status
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ write-status() {
     chars+=("MAILPING!")
   fi
 
-  qlen=$(/usr/sbin/exiqgrep -o 60 -c -b | awk '{print $1}')
+  if ! qlen=$(/usr/sbin/exiqgrep -o 60 -c -b | awk '{print $1}'); then
+    # early in install process, we dont have permission yet for exiqgrep
+    qlen=$(sudo /usr/sbin/exiqgrep -o 60 -c -b | awk '{print $1}')
+  fi
   if ((qlen)); then
     chars+=("q $qlen")
   fi