[entropy.db] EntropyRepository.readonly(): if uid == 0, override os.access() check

2011-10-06 19:27:35 +02:00
parent 3044690fa5
commit dc8043f74e
1 changed files with 5 additions and 4 deletions
@@ -578,10 +578,11 @@ class EntropyRepository(EntropyRepositoryBase):
        Reimplemented from EntropyRepositoryBase.
        """
        if (not self._readonly) and (self._db_path != ":memory:"):
-            # make sure that user can write to file
-            # before returning False, override actual
-            # readonly status
-            return not os.access(self._db_path, os.W_OK)
+            if os.getuid() != 0:
+                # make sure that user can write to file
+                # before returning False, override actual
+                # readonly status
+                return not os.access(self._db_path, os.W_OK)
        return self._readonly

    def setIndexing(self, indexing):