From e2b9b733afcffb0b8dab52bb96cf2cdf45edda3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: a1346054 <36859588+a1346054@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 13:11:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] use proper check for root privileges

The root user is not guaranteed to be named 'root'
---
 get_region.sh | 4 ++--
 get_token.sh  | 4 ++--
 run_setup.sh  | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/get_region.sh b/get_region.sh
index 9027d2d..c9de0f2 100755
--- a/get_region.sh
+++ b/get_region.sh
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ if test -t 1; then
   fi
 fi
 
-# Only allow script to run as
-if [ "$(whoami)" != "root" ]; then
+# Only allow script to run as root
+if (( EUID != 0 )); then
   echo -e "${RED}This script needs to be run as root. Try again with 'sudo $0'${NC}"
   exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/get_token.sh b/get_token.sh
index d593f6f..0f04790 100755
--- a/get_token.sh
+++ b/get_token.sh
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ if test -t 1; then
   fi
 fi
 
-# Only allow script to run as
-if [ "$(whoami)" != "root" ]; then
+# Only allow script to run as root
+if (( EUID != 0 )); then
   echo -e "${RED}This script needs to be run as root. Try again with 'sudo $0'${NC}"
   exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/run_setup.sh b/run_setup.sh
index 823a6d8..2a39f07 100755
--- a/run_setup.sh
+++ b/run_setup.sh
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ fi
 intCheck='^[0-9]+$'
 floatCheck='^[0-9]+([.][0-9]+)?$'
 
-# Only allow script to run as
-if [ "$(whoami)" != "root" ]; then
+# Only allow script to run as root
+if (( EUID != 0 )); then
   echo -e "${RED}This script needs to be run as root. Try again with 'sudo $0'${NC}"
   exit 1
 fi