[or-cvs] warn if you"re running tor as root
Roger Dingledine
arma at seul.org
Sun Dec 14 04:39:25 UTC 2003
Update of /home/or/cvsroot/src/or
In directory moria.mit.edu:/home2/arma/work/onion/cvs/src/or
Modified Files:
main.c
Log Message:
warn if you're running tor as root
Index: main.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/or/cvsroot/src/or/main.c,v
retrieving revision 1.156
retrieving revision 1.157
diff -u -d -r1.156 -r1.157
--- main.c 14 Dec 2003 04:33:18 -0000 1.156
+++ main.c 14 Dec 2003 04:39:23 -0000 1.157
@@ -623,6 +623,11 @@
add_stream_log(LOG_INFO, "<stdout>", stdout);
log_fn(LOG_WARN,"Tor v%s. This is experimental software. Do not use it if you need anonymity.",VERSION);
+#ifndef MS_WINDOWS
+ if(geteuid()==0)
+ log_fn(LOG_WARN,"You are running Tor as root. You don't need to, and you probably shouldn't.");
+#endif
+
if (init_from_config(argc,argv) < 0)
return -1;
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