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Check for root privileges by inspecting the effective UID

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The effective UID is what matters when it comes to the ability to
perform privileged actions, not the real UID.

Signed-off-by: Ondřej Lysoněk <olysonek@redhat.com>
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Ondřej Lysoněk 2019-03-21 11:10:28 +01:00
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tuned/utils/profile_recommender.py
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@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from configobj import ConfigObj, ConfigObjError
have_dmidecode = False
try:
if (os.getuid() == 0 and platform.machine() in ["i386", "i486", "i586", "i686", "x86_64"]):
if (os.geteuid() == 0 and platform.machine() in ["i386", "i486", "i586", "i686", "x86_64"]):
import dmidecode
have_dmidecode = True
except: