[Kimchi-devel] [PATCH] Forbid non-root users to start kimchi
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(a)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()
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