Clearly state that tests cannot be run under root

Signed-off-by: Jakub Filak <jfilak@redhat.com>
jfilak · Jul 13, 2015 · 81a744f · 81a744f
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -67,4 +67,4 @@ distclean:
 
 .PHONY: check
 check: build
-	cd $(OUT_DIR) && make test
+	if [ "_0" != "_$$(id -u)" ]; then cd $(OUT_DIR) && make test; else echo "Cannot run tests under root user."; exit 1; fi
diff --git a/README b/README
@@ -141,3 +141,7 @@ $ make rpm
 $ make distclean
 
 All build results are stored in ./bin directory.
+
+The `check' make target will fail if you run it under root user. There are some
+test cases that try to generate 'File Access Denied' exceptions and the easiest
+way to achieve that is to try to access a root's file.