From 18a617e9e0f64b727938422d4f941dfddfbf5d00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Tomas Orsava <torsava@redhat.com>

Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 17:10:09 +0100

Subject: [PATCH] Emit a warning when running with root privileges.

---

 pip/commands/install.py | 14 ++++++++++++++

 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pip/commands/install.py b/pip/commands/install.py

index 227c526..277a3d1 100644

--- a/pip/commands/install.py

+++ b/pip/commands/install.py

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import os

 import tempfile

 import shutil

 import warnings

+import sys

+from os import path

 try:

     import wheel

 except ImportError:

@@ -193,6 +195,18 @@ class InstallCommand(RequirementCommand):

         cmdoptions.resolve_wheel_no_use_binary(options)

         cmdoptions.check_install_build_global(options)

+        def is_venv():

+            return hasattr(sys, 'real_prefix') or \

+                    (hasattr(sys, 'base_prefix') and sys.base_prefix != sys.prefix)

+

+        # Check whether we have root privileges and aren't in venv/virtualenv

+        if os.getuid() == 0 and not is_venv():

+            logger.warning(

+                "WARNING: Running pip install with root privileges is "

+                "generally not a good idea. Try `%s install --user` instead."

+                        % path.basename(sys.argv[0])

+            )

+

         if options.as_egg:

             warnings.warn(

                 "--egg has been deprecated and will be removed in the future. "

-- 

2.11.0