From: Leslie Viljoen <leslie@...>
Date: 2005-08-25T19:46:40+09:00
Subject: Re: getuid

Bruce Woodward wrote:

>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
>  
>

Thanks!

What is the difference between effective user id and user id?

>
>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
>>
>>
>>    
>>


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