From 4dbce6bcb353940bfcc77f13fa0bcb14713f3112 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Graziotin <dgraziotin@task3.cc>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:25:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #23

---
 src/main.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index ff50a26..31378d7 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "daemon.h"
 #include "global.h"
 #include "minunit.h"
+#include <syslog.h>
 
 int daemonize = 1;
 int verbose = 0;
@@ -74,6 +75,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         }
     }
 
+    uid_t uid=getuid(), euid=geteuid();
+    if (!(uid<0 || uid!=euid)) {
+        syslog(LOG_INFO, "Mbpfan not started with root privileges. Exiting.");
+        printf("Mbpfan not started with root privileges. Exiting.\n");
+        exit(0);
+    }
+
     // pointer to mbpfan() function in mbpfan.c
     void (*fan_control)() = mbpfan;
     go_daemon(fan_control);