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| -rw-r--r-- | python/vyos/util.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/util.py b/python/vyos/util.py index 60171746a..8af46a6ee 100644 --- a/python/vyos/util.py +++ b/python/vyos/util.py @@ -562,12 +562,13 @@ def commit_in_progress(): # Since this will be used in scripts that modify the config outside of the CLI # framework, those knowingly have root permissions. # For everything else, we add a safeguard. - from psutil import process_iter, NoSuchProcess + from psutil import process_iter + from psutil import NoSuchProcess + from getpass import getuser from vyos.defaults import commit_lock - idu = cmd('/usr/bin/id -u') - if idu != '0': - raise OSError("This functions needs root permissions to return correct results") + if getuser() != 'root': + raise OSError('This functions needs to be run as root to return correct results!') for proc in process_iter(): try: |