bail if ES is run as root

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/Bootstrap.java

@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@ public class Bootstrap {
             Natives.tryMlockall();
         }
         
+        // check if the user is running as root, and bail
+        if (Natives.definitelyRunningAsRoot()) {
+            if (Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("es.insecure.allow.root"))) {
+                Loggers.getLogger(Bootstrap.class).warn("running as ROOT user. this is a bad idea!");
+            } else {
+                throw new RuntimeException("don't run elasticsearch as root.");
+            }
+        }
+
         // listener for windows close event
         if (ctrlHandler) {
             Natives.addConsoleCtrlHandler(new ConsoleCtrlHandler() {

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/jna/CLibrary.java

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class CLibrary {
 
     public static native int mlockall(int flags);
 
-    public static native int munlockall();
+    public static native int geteuid();
 
     private CLibrary() {
     }

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/jna/Natives.java

@@ -62,6 +62,19 @@ public class Natives {
         }
     }
     
+    /** Returns true if user is root, false if not, or if we don't know */
+    public static boolean definitelyRunningAsRoot() {
+        if (Constants.WINDOWS) {
+            return false; // don't know
+        }
+        try {
+            return CLibrary.geteuid() == 0;
+        } catch (Throwable error) {
+            logger.warn("unable to determine euid", error);
+            return false; // don't know
+        }
+    }
+
     public static void addConsoleCtrlHandler(ConsoleCtrlHandler handler) {
         // The console Ctrl handler is necessary on Windows platforms only.
         if (Constants.WINDOWS) {