# SYNOPSIS # # AX_CHECK_ROOT # # DESCRIPTION # # Check if the current UNIX user is root. # # Example: # # AX_CHECK_ROOT([action-if-yes], [action-if-no]) # AX_CHECK_ROOT([], [AC_MSG_ERROR([We need root privileges])]) # AX_CHECK_ROOT([AC_MSG_ERROR([Must not be root])], []) # # LICENSE # # Copyright (c) 2014 Volker Braun <[email protected]> # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the # Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your # option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General # Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along # with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. # # As a special exception, the respective Autoconf Macro's copyright owner # gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify the configure # scripts that are the output of Autoconf when processing the Macro. You # need not follow the terms of the GNU General Public License when using # or distributing such scripts, even though portions of the text of the # Macro appear in them. The GNU General Public License (GPL) does govern # all other use of the material that constitutes the Autoconf Macro. # # This special exception to the GPL applies to versions of the Autoconf # Macro released by the Autoconf Archive. When you make and distribute a # modified version of the Autoconf Macro, you may extend this special # exception to the GPL to apply to your modified version as well. #serial 5 AC_DEFUN([AX_CHECK_ROOT],[ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for root user]) uid=`id -u` if test "x$uid" = "x0"; then AC_MSG_RESULT([yes]) $1 else AC_MSG_RESULT([no]) $2 fi;dnl ])