From edfd98203767b0080b520697632f2541c8d21e0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PartialVolume <22084881+PartialVolume@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 20:14:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add_check_for_root_execution

---
 src/nwipe.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/nwipe.c b/src/nwipe.c
index e748a7a4..e93f9361 100644
--- a/src/nwipe.c
+++ b/src/nwipe.c
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
     /* Initialised and populated in device scan.     */
     nwipe_context_t** c1 = 0;
 
+    if( geteuid() != 0 )
+    {
+        printf( "nwipe must run with root permissions, which is not the case.\nAborting\n" );
+        exit( 99 );
+    }
+
     int wipe_threads_started = 0;
 
     /** NOTE ** NOTE ** NOTE ** NOTE ** NOTE ** NOTE ** NOTE ** NOTE ** NOTE **