Martin Koeppe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A question arises: How should one portably test for "root"? Neither > "root" nor uid 0 seem to be a POSIX requirement. I found one solution > so far, but I'm not sure how good it really is: > > For shell scripts run: > $ /usr/sbin/chroot / /bin/true > If successful, you have root rights.
I'm leery of this. What if chroot works for non-privileged users on some type of system? Since Interix is the problem here, how about adding a test that'd be run solely on that system?
