Issue #497 Add preflight check to see if ran as root/admin

pkg/crc/preflight/preflight_checks_common.go

@@ -69,3 +69,15 @@ func fixOcBinaryCached() (bool, error) {
 	logging.Debug("oc binary cached")
 	return true, nil
 }
+
+func checkIfRunningAsNormalUser() (bool, error) {
+	if os.Geteuid() != 0 {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	logging.Debug("Ran as root")
+	return false, fmt.Errorf("crc should be ran as a normal user")
+}
+
+func fixRunAsNormalUser() (bool, error) {
+	return false, fmt.Errorf("crc should be ran as a normal user")
+}

pkg/crc/preflight/preflight_checks_windows.go

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 package preflight
 
 import (
-	//"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/code-ready/crc/pkg/crc/errors"
+	"github.com/code-ready/crc/pkg/crc/logging"
 	"github.com/code-ready/crc/pkg/os/windows/powershell"
 )
 
@@ -126,3 +126,15 @@ func checkIfHyperVVirtualSwitchExists() (bool, error) {
 func fixHyperVVirtualSwitch() (bool, error) {
 	return false, errors.New("Please override the default by adding an external virtual switch and set configuration")
 }
+
+func checkIfRunningAsNormalUserInWindows() (bool, error) {
+	if !powershell.IsAdmin() {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	logging.Debug("Ran as administrator")
+	return false, fmt.Errorf("crc should be ran as a normal user")
+}
+
+func fixRunAsNormalUserInWindows() (bool, error) {
+	return false, fmt.Errorf("crc should be ran as a normal user")
+}

pkg/crc/preflight/preflight_darwin.go

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ import (
 
 // StartPreflightChecks performs the preflight checks before starting the cluster
 func StartPreflightChecks(vmDriver string) {
+	preflightCheckSucceedsOrFails(false,
+		checkIfRunningAsNormalUser,
+		"Checking if running as root",
+		false,
+	)
 	preflightCheckSucceedsOrFails(false,
 		checkOcBinaryCached,
 		"Checking if oc binary is cached",
@@ -49,6 +54,12 @@ func StartPreflightChecks(vmDriver string) {
 
 // SetupHost performs the prerequisite checks and setups the host to run the cluster
 func SetupHost(vmDriver string) {
+	preflightCheckAndFix(false,
+		checkIfRunningAsNormalUser,
+		fixRunAsNormalUser,
+		"Checking if running as root",
+		false,
+	)
 	preflightCheckAndFix(false,
 		checkOcBinaryCached,
 		fixOcBinaryCached,

pkg/crc/preflight/preflight_linux.go

@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ import (
 
 // StartPreflightChecks performs the preflight checks before starting the cluster
 func StartPreflightChecks(vmDriver string) {
+	preflightCheckSucceedsOrFails(false,
+		checkIfRunningAsNormalUser,
+		"Checking if running as root",
+		false,
+	)
 	preflightCheckSucceedsOrFails(false,
 		checkOcBinaryCached,
 		"Checking if oc binary is cached",
@@ -81,6 +86,12 @@ func StartPreflightChecks(vmDriver string) {
 
 // SetupHost performs the prerequisite checks and setups the host to run the cluster
 func SetupHost(vmDriver string) {
+	preflightCheckAndFix(false,
+		checkIfRunningAsNormalUser,
+		fixRunAsNormalUser,
+		"Checking if running as root",
+		false,
+	)
 	preflightCheckAndFix(false,
 		checkOcBinaryCached,
 		fixOcBinaryCached,

pkg/crc/preflight/preflight_windows.go

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ import (
 
 // StartPreflightChecks performs the preflight checks before starting the cluster
 func StartPreflightChecks(vmDriver string) {
+	preflightCheckSucceedsOrFails(false,
+		checkIfRunningAsNormalUserInWindows,
+		"Checking if running as adminstrator",
+		false,
+	)
 	preflightCheckSucceedsOrFails(false,
 		checkOcBinaryCached,
 		"Checking if oc binary is cached",
@@ -41,6 +46,12 @@ func StartPreflightChecks(vmDriver string) {
 
 // SetupHost performs the prerequisite checks and setups the host to run the cluster
 func SetupHost(vmDriver string) {
+	preflightCheckAndFix(false,
+		checkIfRunningAsNormalUserInWindows,
+		fixRunAsNormalUserInWindows,
+		"Checking if running as adminstrator",
+		false,
+	)
 	preflightCheckAndFix(false,
 		checkOcBinaryCached,
 		fixOcBinaryCached,