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-rw-r--r--python/vyos/util.py9
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: