From 0af10068ce69768a2923f90140c61edb1ba65813 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gene Hoffman <30377676+hoffmang9@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 11:40:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Clearly prohibit root from installing the GUI (#5232)

* GUI should not build or run as root

* Use id -u instead

* shellcheck
---
 install-gui.sh | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/install-gui.sh b/install-gui.sh
index d8422a86e7d8..fd848b0b5b25 100755
--- a/install-gui.sh
+++ b/install-gui.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ if [ -z "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+if [ "$(id -u)" = 0 ]; then
+  echo "The Chia Blockchain GUI can not be installed or run by the root user."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 # Allows overriding the branch or commit to build in chia-blockchain-gui
 SUBMODULE_BRANCH=$1