From cca482b0061d43818e176c427616b0f6a4a86387 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Powell
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2019 23:08:57 +0000
Subject: Improve behaviour when running as root.

- Only give the annoying message about root if --runasroot is not
  specified.
- If --runasroot is specified then assume the user knows what they
  are doing.
- Move CheckRoot to a static function in inspircd.cpp.
---
 src/helperfuncs.cpp | 12 ------------
 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/helperfuncs.cpp')

diff --git a/src/helperfuncs.cpp b/src/helperfuncs.cpp
index 70ac2f0e6..94938ef12 100644
--- a/src/helperfuncs.cpp
+++ b/src/helperfuncs.cpp
@@ -338,18 +338,6 @@ bool InspIRCd::IsSID(const std::string &str)
 			 ((str[2] >= 'A' && str[2] <= 'Z') || isdigit(str[2])));
 }
 
-void InspIRCd::CheckRoot()
-{
-#ifndef _WIN32
-	if (geteuid() == 0)
-	{
-		std::cout << "ERROR: You are running an irc server as root! DO NOT DO THIS!" << std::endl << std::endl;
-		this->Logs->Log("STARTUP", LOG_DEFAULT, "Can't start as root");
-		Exit(EXIT_STATUS_ROOT);
-	}
-#endif
-}
-
 /** A lookup table of values for multiplier characters used by
  * InspIRCd::Duration(). In this lookup table, the indexes for
  * the ascii values 'm' and 'M' have the value '60', the indexes
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