[gnome-shell/wip/rstrode/rhel-7.9: 39/86] main: Show a warning when running as root
- From: Ray Strode <halfline src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnome-shell/wip/rstrode/rhel-7.9: 39/86] main: Show a warning when running as root
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:04:06 +0000 (UTC)
commit 72e7db128afff334a2e7c6f9977791d3f93f8b10
Author: Matthias Clasen <mclasen redhat com>
Date: Sat Jun 8 13:32:35 2013 -0400
main: Show a warning when running as root
gnome-session used to show a dialog in this case, but a
notification is more natural nowadays. Doing it in gnome-shell
avoids complicated synchronization between gnome-session and
gnome-shell.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701212
js/ui/main.js | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
---
diff --git a/js/ui/main.js b/js/ui/main.js
index d86cf9e812..00e8db54d0 100644
--- a/js/ui/main.js
+++ b/js/ui/main.js
@@ -246,6 +246,12 @@ function _initializeUI() {
Shell.Global.log_structured('GNOME Shell started at ' + _startDate,
['MESSAGE_ID=' + GNOMESHELL_STARTED_MESSAGE_ID]);
}
+
+ let credentials = new Gio.Credentials();
+ if (credentials.get_unix_user() === 0) {
+ notify(_('Logged in as a privileged user'),
+ _('Running a session as a privileged user should be avoided for security reasons. If
possible, you should log in as a normal user.'));
+ }
});
}
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