Clearly prohibit root from installing the GUI (Chia-Network#5232)

* GUI should not build or run as root * Use id -u instead * shellcheck
junjunjun111 · May 18, 2021 · 0af1006 · 0af1006
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diff --git a/install-gui.sh b/install-gui.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ if [ -z "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+if [ "$(id -u)" = 0 ]; then
+  echo "The Chia Blockchain GUI can not be installed or run by the root user."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 # Allows overriding the branch or commit to build in chia-blockchain-gui
 SUBMODULE_BRANCH=$1