[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #725: We should whine if we're running as root.

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#725: We should whine if we're running as root.
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     Reporter:  zandr           |      Owner:  davidsarah
         Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  assigned
     Priority:  major           |  Milestone:  soon
    Component:  code-nodeadmin  |    Version:  1.4.1
   Resolution:                  |   Keywords:  easy security usability
Launchpad Bug:                  |
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Changes (by davidsarah):

 * keywords:  easy security usability review-needed => easy security
               usability


Comment:

 {{{os.geteuid}}} isn't available in native-Windows Python:
 {{{
 Python 2.7.1 (r271:86832, Nov 27 2010, 18:30:46) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
 (Intel)] on win32
 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> import os
 >>> os.geteuid()
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
 AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'geteuid'
 }}}

 Perhaps "{{{if hasattr(os, 'geteuid') and os.geteuid() == 0:}}}".

 In principle you also shouldn't run as Administrator on Windows, but
 that's probably too common (and Windows security is beyond fixing anyway)
 to be worth warning about.

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