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Created September 12, 2013 20:08
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A little check if a script is being run as root and exit if not with an error.
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amIroot.sh
# Must be run with root permissions
# sudo will be sufficient
if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
echo "This script must be run as root" 1>&2
exit 1
fi
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