From: Bruce Woodward <bruce.woodward@...>
Date: 2005-08-25T18:46:19+09:00
Subject: Re: getuid

irb(main):004:0> if Process.euid != 0
irb(main):005:1>  puts "you are not root"
irb(main):006:1> end
you are not root
=> nil


On 8/25/05, Leslie Viljoen <leslie@camary.co.za> wrote:
> Hello everyone!
> 
> I am struggling to detect in a script whether the current user is root or
> not. Etc.getlogin seems to return my unpriveleged username even after
> I have done an 'su' or run the script with 'sudo' to become root.
> 
> All I really need is:
> 
> if Etc.getuid != 0
>     puts "You are not root"
>     exit
> end
> 
>