Remove the test for superuser access

As bosun may run in environments that do not require superuser access,
do away with this check and rely on stow itself for any relevant error
reporting. This will also enable an upcoming test suite to work
correctly.

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/bosun b/bosun
index 08f1842..d9dc4c7 100755
--- a/bosun
+++ b/bosun
@@ -27,29 +27,21 @@ need_role() {
 	done
 }
 
-need_root() {
-	test "$(id -u)" -eq 0 || errx "this action requires superuser access"
-}
-
 add() {
-	need_root
 	need_role "$@"
 	stow -S "$@"
 }
 
 remove() {
-	need_root
 	need_role "$@"
 	stow -D "$@"
 }
 
 flush() {
-	need_root
 	list | xargs -- stow -D
 }
 
 rebuild() {
-	need_root
 	if test $# -gt 0; then
 		need_role "$@"
 		stow -R "$@"