How to check if running as root in a bash script

Question

I\'m writing a script that requires root level permissions, and I want to make it so that if the script is not run as root, it simply echoes \"Please run as root.\" and exit

Answer 1

As far as I know the correct way to check it is:

if [ $(id -u) = "0" ]; then
    echo "You are root"
else
    echo "You are NOT root"
fi

See "Testing For Root" section here:

http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_wss0080.php