From 56dfd46a24028e0466a04014a449747bb1ab9cee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Ruderich <simon@ruderich.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 17:33:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] vimrc: Don't allow running as root.

---
 vimrc | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 040dad1..c8ce11f 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 
 " EDITOR SETTINGS
 
+" Prevent editing as root as it may cause security problems. Use sudoedit
+" instead. Thanks to godlygeek in #vim on Freenode (2009-06-19 22:21).
+if $HOME == '/root' || exists('$SUDO_USER')
+    echomsg 'Running as root is forbidden! Use sudoedit.'
+    qa
+endif
+
 " Make sure Vim (and not Vi) settings are used.
 set nocompatible
 
-- 
2.45.2