Merge pull request #562 from dylanmtaylor/hide-requires-root-if-root

Only print requires root messages if effective user id is not root

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/archinstall/lib/networking.py b/archinstall/lib/networking.py
index 0643c9cf..2c261334 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/networking.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/networking.py
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ def check_mirror_reachable():
 	if (exit_code := SysCommand("pacman -Sy").exit_code) == 0:
 		return True
 	elif exit_code == 256:
-		log("check_mirror_reachable() uses 'pacman -Sy' which requires root.", level=logging.ERROR, fg="red")
+		if os.geteuid() != 0:
+			log("check_mirror_reachable() uses 'pacman -Sy' which requires root.", level=logging.ERROR, fg="red")
 
 	return False