From: Dan Fandrich <dan@coneharvesters.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:25:11 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Abort if attempting to run as root.
X-Git-Tag: curl-7_16_2~101
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f776c1d2eb6d38849ee78b7c322bb435b439e5d8;p=thirdparty%2Fcurl.git

Abort if attempting to run as root.
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diff --git a/tests/sshserver.pl b/tests/sshserver.pl
index b910fd9dbe..be0d0480c4 100644
--- a/tests/sshserver.pl
+++ b/tests/sshserver.pl
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ if ($verbose) {
 	print STDERR "SFTP server plugin found at $sftp\n";
 }
 
+if ($username eq "root") {
+	print "Will not run ssh daemon as root to mitigate security risks\n";
+	exit 1;
+}
+
 if (! -e "curl_client_key.pub") {
 	if ($verbose) {
 		print STDERR "Generating host and client keys...\n";