From 863b49eaec46f39feb96f11dda036b837cf54455 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: arcan1s <esalexeev@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 23:23:18 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] add euid checking to the helper

---
 sources/helper/src/main.cpp | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sources/helper/src/main.cpp b/sources/helper/src/main.cpp
index 56d6acd..58000fe 100644
--- a/sources/helper/src/main.cpp
+++ b/sources/helper/src/main.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             (args[QString("version")].toBool()) ||
             (args[QString("error")].toBool()))
         args[QString("nodaemon")] = true;
+    // heck euid
+    if (geteuid() != 0) {
+        cout << QCoreApplication::translate("NetctlHelper", "The helper is running with EUID %1. Some functions will not be available.")
+                .arg(QString::number(geteuid())).toUtf8().data() << endl;
+        cout << QCoreApplication::translate("NetctlHelper", "See security notes for more details.")
+                .toUtf8().data() << endl;
+    }
 
     // detach from console
     if (!args[QString("nodaemon")].toBool())