1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/util.sh b/src/util.sh
index f92e4e3..871fe2a 100644
--- a/src/util.sh
+++ b/src/util.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# Download a file and find out the http code
+#
 download_file() {
     curl ${CURL_OPTS} -o $1 -w "%{http_code}" $2 2>> ${LOG_FILE}
 }
 
+
+# Check if the user can write to the selected systemroot
+#
+checkroot () {
+    [ -w "${SYSROOT}" ] || {
+        printf "${RED}Please run as root!${RESET}\n"
+        exit 1
+    }
+}
+
 # this function is broken
 wait_for_jobs () {
     local text=$1