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-rw-r--r--runtime/staprun/staprun.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/staprun/staprun.c b/runtime/staprun/staprun.c
index fe55e36f..71039e0b 100644
--- a/runtime/staprun/staprun.c
+++ b/runtime/staprun/staprun.c
@@ -154,8 +154,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
exit(1);
}
+ if (geteuid() != 0) {
+ err("ERROR: The effective user ID of staprun must be set to the root user.\n"
+ " Check permissions on staprun and ensure it is a setuid root program.\n");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
if (!init_cap())
- return 1;
+ exit(1);
/* Get rid of a few standard environment variables (which */
/* might cause us to do unintended things). */