CB-9097 fail with a more descriptive error if run as admin

apache · May 29, 2015 · b34a5f1 · b34a5f1
1 parent ed04ee1
commit b34a5f1
Showing 1 changed file with 9 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/template/cordova/lib/run.js b/template/cordova/lib/run.js
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ var Q = require('q'),
     build = require('./build'),
     utils = require('./utils'),
     ConfigParser = require('./ConfigParser'),
-    packages = require('./package');
+    packages = require('./package'),
+    execSync = require('child_process').execSync;
 
 var ROOT = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..');
 
@@ -32,6 +33,13 @@ module.exports.run = function (argv) {
         return Q.reject('Could not find project at ' + ROOT);
     }
 
+    try {
+        // Check if ran from admin prompt and fail quickly if CLI has administrative permissions
+        // http://stackoverflow.com/a/11995662/64949
+        execSync('net session', {'stdio': 'ignore'});
+        return Q.reject('Can not run this platform with administrative permissions. Please run from a non-admin prompt.');
+    } catch (e) {}
+
     // parse arg
     var args  = nopt({'debug': Boolean, 'release': Boolean, 'nobuild': Boolean,
         'device': Boolean, 'emulator': Boolean, 'target': String, 'archs': String,