[rancid] Checking for root

[Matthew Walster]

On 28 June 2013 16:14, heasley <heas at shrubbery.net> wrote:

> +eval `id | sed -e 's/(.*//'`
> +test "$uid" -eq 0 && echo "Do not run $0 as root!" && exit 1
>

Would it not make more sense just to compare $UID -- that's set by the
shell. Essentially, you'd end up with:

if [[ $UID == 0 ]]
then
    echo "Do not run $0 as root!"
    exit 1
fi

Either way works, though.​​
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