authentication in python script to run as root

Question

I am doing a project in Linux at system level in Python. So that, I want to know that if i am running my code as a normal user and if i am accessing system files then it sho

Answer 1

import os
euid = os.geteuid() 
if euid != 0:
  raise EnvironmentError, "need to be root"
  exit()

This won't prompt in the middle of script but would rather force the user to re-run it with sudo or as root