From be63211e6b8487995049e335d90f4660d1316b72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Storm Dragon <stormdragon2976@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2025 12:47:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Make sure that lgm is not ran as root.

---
 linux-game-manager.sh | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/linux-game-manager.sh b/linux-game-manager.sh
index f1d076c..4f18140 100755
--- a/linux-game-manager.sh
+++ b/linux-game-manager.sh
@@ -802,6 +802,12 @@ migrate_launcher() {
 }
 
 
+# Make sure this is not ran as root
+if [[ "$(whoami)" == "root" ]]; then
+    echo "Please do not run ${0##*/} as root."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 # Detect dialog interface type BEFORE potentially setting DISPLAY
 # This must happen before we modify DISPLAY to preserve console detection
 if [[ -z "$DISPLAY" ]]; then