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<metadesc>bash function to see if the user running the script is the root user or not</metadesc> | <metadesc>bash function to see if the user running the script is the root user or not</metadesc> | ||
== function check if root == | |||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
got_root() { | got_root() { | ||
Latest revision as of 12:22, 3 September 2024
function check if root
got_root() {
if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
echo "Failure: This script must be run as root or sudo used"; exit 2
else
echo "Confirmed: running as root, or sudo used"
fi
}