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Re: posix-compliant (ash-compliant) test for root



On Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 07:21:10PM +0000, David Coe wrote:
> Is there a better way?  Thanks.

if [ $(id -u) != 0 ]; then
      echo I am not root
fi

That's how dh_testroot used to do it IIRC.

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   Everything should be clear by now, so you won't need any examples.
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