Get user id without forking a shell.

Change-Id: I6789b81186b7ede124a838a5b6668ba8326e0c0b
Signed-off-by: Peter Barabas <peter.barabas@ericsson.com>
(cherry picked from commit befc84a9d28663a45510c71119980e1cf5b6eeca)

diff --git a/deploy/common.py b/deploy/common.py
index cc418b5..787a21a 100644 (file)
--- a/deploy/common.py
+++ b/deploy/common.py
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ def commafy(comma_separated_list):
 
 
 def check_if_root():
-    r = exec_cmd('whoami')
-    if r != 'root':
+    uid = os.getuid()
+    if uid != 0:
         err('You need be root to run this application')