From 6a8cad6f9431a629129d74cd3c549d279d1dea5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Diogo Sousa <diogogsousa@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 16:37:38 +0100
Subject: Now hexchat doesn't abnormally terminal when started as root.

This fixes #589/#504.
---
 src/common/hexchat.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/common/hexchat.c')

diff --git a/src/common/hexchat.c b/src/common/hexchat.c
index 72b97e3a..b04c2675 100644
--- a/src/common/hexchat.c
+++ b/src/common/hexchat.c
@@ -1053,6 +1053,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 #if ! GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 36, 0)
 	g_type_init ();
 #endif
+
 	load_config ();
 
 #ifdef WIN32
@@ -1244,6 +1245,15 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	fe_init ();
 
+#ifndef WIN32
+#ifndef __EMX__
+	/* OS/2 uses UID 0 all the time */
+	if (getuid () == 0)
+		fe_message (_("* Running IRC as root is stupid! You should\n"
+			      "  create a User Account and use that to login.\n"), FE_MSG_WARN|FE_MSG_WAIT);
+#endif
+#endif /* !WIN32 */
+
 	xchat_init ();
 
 	fe_main ();
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