gui/main-window: annoy when running as root

2 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gui/main-window.cpp b/gui/main-window.cpp
index 0382edf2..c62e0ae3 100644
--- a/gui/main-window.cpp
+++ b/gui/main-window.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,34 @@
 
 extern "C" const char* opentrack_version;
 
+#if !defined _WIN32 && !defined __APPLE__
+#   include <unistd.h>
+void MainWindow::annoy_if_root()
+{
+    if (geteuid() == 0)
+    {
+        for (unsigned k = 0; k < 2; k++)
+        {
+            portable::sleep(1 * 1000);
+            QMessageBox::critical(this,
+                                  tr("Running as root is bad"),
+                                  tr("Do not run as root. Set correct device node permissions."),
+                                  QMessageBox::Ok);
+            portable::sleep(1 * 1000);
+            QMessageBox::critical(this,
+                                  tr("Running as root is bad, seriously"),
+                                  tr("Do not run as root. I'll keep whining at every startup."),
+                                  QMessageBox::Ok);
+            portable::sleep(3 * 1000);
+            QMessageBox::critical(this,
+                                  tr("Running as root is really seriously bad"),
+                                  tr("Do not run as root. Be annoyed, comprehensively."),
+                                  QMessageBox::Ok);
+        }
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
 MainWindow::MainWindow() :
     State(OPENTRACK_BASE_PATH + OPENTRACK_LIBRARY_PATH),
     pose_update_timer(this),
@@ -46,6 +74,10 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow() :
 {
     ui.setupUi(this);
 
+#if !defined _WIN32 && !defined __APPLE__
+    annoy_if_root();
+#endif
+
     {
         setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Fixed, QSizePolicy::Fixed);
         setWindowFlags(Qt::MSWindowsFixedSizeDialogHint | windowFlags());
diff --git a/gui/main-window.hpp b/gui/main-window.hpp
index f992b218..8b0144b8 100644
--- a/gui/main-window.hpp
+++ b/gui/main-window.hpp
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow, private State
     void closeEvent(QCloseEvent*) override;
     bool event(QEvent *event) override;
     bool maybe_hide_to_tray(QEvent* e);
+#if !defined _WIN32 && !defined __APPLE__
+    void annoy_if_root();
+#endif
 
     // only use in impl file since no definition in header!
     template<typename t>