From a07806ec3cdbe32d685484960c71a9124335f828 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 04:39:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] warn if you're running tor as root

svn:r921
---
 trunk/src/or/main.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/trunk/src/or/main.c b/trunk/src/or/main.c
index bde0f6b06f..3464e3d145 100644
--- a/trunk/src/or/main.c
+++ b/trunk/src/or/main.c
@@ -623,6 +623,11 @@ int tor_main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   add_stream_log(LOG_INFO, "<stdout>", stdout);
   log_fn(LOG_WARN,"Tor v%s. This is experimental software. Do not use it if you need anonymity.",VERSION);
 
+#ifndef MS_WINDOWS
+  if(geteuid()==0)
+    log_fn(LOG_WARN,"You are running Tor as root. You don't need to, and you probably shouldn't.");
+#endif
+
   if (init_from_config(argc,argv) < 0)
     return -1;