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diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 88950feb3..053dc0df2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#! /bin/sh
-# From configure.ac c96e3c4.
+# From configure.ac 1a78266.
# Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.
#
@@ -3444,6 +3444,51 @@ $as_echo "$ac_cv_safe_to_define___extensions__" >&6; }
+# Root-check
+host_is="`uname`"
+case $host_os in
+CYGWIN*)
+ ;;
+*)
+ if type id >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ euid="`id -u`"
+ if test "$euid" == "0"; then
+ echo ""
+ echo "********************************************************************************"
+ echo '* W A R N I N G /!\ *'
+ echo "********************************************************************************"
+ echo "* It appears that you're planning to run Hercules with root privileges. That's *"
+ echo "* not necessary, nor recommended, and it may open your machine to unnecessary *"
+ echo "* security risks. You should never ever run software as root unless it *"
+ echo "* requires the extra privileges (which Hercules does not.) *"
+ echo "* *"
+ echo "* More info: *"
+ echo "* http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Security-HOWTO/local-security.html *"
+ echo "* https://wiki.debian.org/sudo *"
+ echo "* http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/BecomingRoot *"
+ echo "* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Configuring_Sudo *"
+ echo "* https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo *"
+ echo "* http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/Root *"
+ echo "* *"
+ echo "* If your service provider forces (or encourages) you to run server software *"
+ echo "* as root, please complain to them. It is a very bad idea. *"
+ echo "********************************************************************************"
+ echo "Execution will be paused for 60 seconds... Press Ctrl-C now if you wish to stop."
+ for j in 1 2 3 4 5 6; do
+ for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
+ printf "\a. "
+ sleep 1
+ done
+ echo ""
+ done
+ echo ""
+ echo "Resuming as root. If anything breaks, you'll get to keep the pieces."
+ sleep 2
+ fi
+ fi
+ ;;
+esac
+
#
# Memory managers
#