From 7366541dce1a5d08a67dc4b40bed3e873e9f95be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Hansson <mailto@danielhansson.nu>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 16:41:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add root function to lib

---
 lib.sh | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib.sh b/lib.sh
index 6b6e75f..8eececf 100644
--- a/lib.sh
+++ b/lib.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,35 @@ WANIP4=$(curl -s -k -m 5 -4 https://api64.ipify.org)
 
 ############ Functions
 
+is_root() {
+    if [[ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]]
+    then
+        return 1
+    else
+        return 0
+    fi
+}
+
+root_check() {
+if ! is_root
+then
+    msg_box "Sorry, you are not root. You now have two options:
+
+1. Use SUDO directly:
+   a) :~$ sudo bash name-of-script.sh
+
+2. Become ROOT and then type your command:
+   a) :~$ sudo -i
+   b) :~# bash name-of-script.sh
+
+In both cases above you can leave out $SCRIPTS/ if the script
+is directly in your PATH.
+
+More information can be found here: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/3064"
+    exit 1
+fi
+}
+
 print_text_in_color() {
 printf "%b%s%b\n" "$1" "$2" "$Color_Off"
 }