From 7d3566403af0c70de5a6a389c4964779c2eda9ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Breunig <christian@breunig.cc>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 20:27:32 +0200
Subject: Testsuite: T8147: must run as root to start QEMU VMs

---
 scripts/check-qemu-install | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

(limited to 'scripts')

diff --git a/scripts/check-qemu-install b/scripts/check-qemu-install
index 0cbb3674..b0a93dc5 100755
--- a/scripts/check-qemu-install
+++ b/scripts/check-qemu-install
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ parser.add_argument('--isolate-cpus', help='CPU cores to isolate (e.g., 1,3-4',
 
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
+if os.geteuid() != 0:
+    exit('You need to have root privileges to run this script.')
+
 if args.cloud_init:
     hostname = CI_CONFIG_ARGS['hostname']
     op_mode_prompt = rf'vyos@{hostname}:~\$'
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