From af70cb2e2f1fb0c26bf612b4f41769ada3a38572 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Asif Bacchus <asif@programming.bacchus.network>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:04:59 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Added root check and updated exit codes

---
 backup.sh | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index cab6563..39efb72 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stamp="[`date +%Y-%m-%d` `date +%H:%M:%S`]"
 function scriptHelp {
     echo "In the future, I will be something helpful!"
     # exit with code 98 -- there is no use logging this
-    exit 98
+    exit 1
 }
 
 ### quit -- exit the script after logging any errors, warnings, etc. and 
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ while getopts ':l:' PARAMS; do
 done
 
 
+### Verify script running as root, otherwise exit (un-logged)
+if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "${bold}${red}This script must be run as root. Aborted.${normal}"
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+
 ### Log start of script operations
 echo -e "${bold}${stamp}-- Start $scriptName execution ---" >> "$logFile"