gnome-user-share r290 - in trunk: . src

[hadess svn gnome org]

Author: hadess
Date: Mon Jan 19 10:47:20 2009
New Revision: 290
URL: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/gnome-user-share?rev=290&view=rev

Log:
2009-01-19  Bastien Nocera  <hadess hadess net>

	* src/user_share.c (main): gnome-user-share cannot
	run as root, there's the potential for sharing files that
	shouldn't be shared, such as system files



Modified:
   trunk/ChangeLog
   trunk/src/user_share.c

Modified: trunk/src/user_share.c
==============================================================================
--- trunk/src/user_share.c	(original)
+++ trunk/src/user_share.c	Mon Jan 19 10:47:20 2009
@@ -427,6 +427,11 @@
 
 	gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
 
+	if (g_strcmp0 (g_get_real_name (), "root") == 0) {
+		g_warning ("gnome-user-share cannot be started as root for security reasons.");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	signal (SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 	signal (SIGINT, cleanup_handler);
 	signal (SIGHUP, cleanup_handler);