Added warning if running as root, added make jail, updated README.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/miniircd b/miniircd
index fd793ee..45e669c 100755
--- a/miniircd
+++ b/miniircd
@@ -880,6 +880,9 @@ def main(argv):
             options.setuid = (int(getpwnam(match[0]).pw_uid),int(getpwnam(match[0]).pw_gid))
         else:
             op.error("Specify a user, or user and group separated by a semicolon, e.g. --setuid daemon, --setuid nobody:nobody")
+    if (os.getuid() == 0 or os.getgid() == 0) and not options.setuid:
+        op.error("Running this service as root is not recommended. Use the --setuid option to switch to an unprivileged account after startup. If you really intend to run as root, use '--setuid root'.")
+
     ports = []
     for port in re.split(r"[,\s]+", options.ports):
         try: