[chef] only_if conditions key off exit value?

["Jason J. W. Williams" < >]

I'm having some issues with an only_if condition that works on Linux
but seems to be having issues on Solaris, and I want to make sure I
understand how Chef is handling it.

I have an only_if as follows:

only_if "mysql -u root -h localhost -e 'SHOW STATUS;'"

If the MySQL root user still has no password, the command will succeed
and the exit status will be 0. However, if the root user now has a
password, the command will fail and the exit status will be 1. My
understanding is the the only_if will be True if the exit status from
the command is 0. Is this incorrect?

-J