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diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index d6f783505..7b7590813 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -37,6 +37,51 @@ m4_ifdef([AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS], [AC_GNU_SOURCE] ) +# 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 # |