On 9/28/07, Robert Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm trying to write a function that checks to see if the user that > is running the python script is 'root' (I'm obviously running this > Python program on Linux).
Why not just use os.geteuid() ? import os if os.geteuid() != 0: print "You must be root to run this script." sys.exit(1)
_______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
