Only root users can use kimchi. If a non-root user tries to start, some error messages to access data files and libvirt features will be displayed. Signed-off-by: Ramon Medeiros <ramonn@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- src/kimchi/server.py | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/kimchi/server.py b/src/kimchi/server.py index 6dd0404..f48b2f8 100644 --- a/src/kimchi/server.py +++ b/src/kimchi/server.py @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from kimchi.control import sub_nodes from kimchi.root import KimchiRoot from kimchi.utils import get_enabled_plugins, import_class - +NOT_ROOT_USER = "You need root privileges to run this script.\nExiting." LOGGING_LEVEL = {"debug": logging.DEBUG, "info": logging.INFO, "warning": logging.WARNING, @@ -269,7 +269,21 @@ class Server(object): def stop(self): cherrypy.engine.exit() +def checkRootUser(): + """ + Checks if the running user is root + + @rtype: None + @returns: Nothing + """ + if os.geteuid() != 0: + exit(NOT_ROOT_USER) def main(options): + + # check if user is root + checkRootUser() + + # user is root: start kimchi srv = Server(options) srv.start() -- 1.8.3.1