From 08bccce67367b92acc1250d72d7d28e9279da755 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "felix.suarez" <felix.suarez@pandorafms.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 08:28:38 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Remove root validation

---
 pandora_agents/pc/pandora_agent   | 11 +----------
 pandora_agents/unix/pandora_agent |  9 +--------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pandora_agents/pc/pandora_agent b/pandora_agents/pc/pandora_agent
index aa8208f5d0..04b7de51a5 100644
--- a/pandora_agents/pc/pandora_agent
+++ b/pandora_agents/pc/pandora_agent
@@ -2185,16 +2185,7 @@ sub configure ($) {
 
 	#Launch tentacle server in proxy mode if configured
 	if ($Conf{'proxy_mode'}) {
-		
-		#Check if user is root
-		if ($> != 0) {		
-			if (launch_tentacle_proxy() != 0) {
-				return 1;
-			}
-		} else {
-			error ('Proxy mode can not be launched as root');
-			return 1;
-		}
+		return 1 if (launch_tentacle_proxy() != 0);
 	}
 
 	# Add the plugins directory to the PATH
diff --git a/pandora_agents/unix/pandora_agent b/pandora_agents/unix/pandora_agent
index de7a2e6946..d0b7c22ede 100755
--- a/pandora_agents/unix/pandora_agent
+++ b/pandora_agents/unix/pandora_agent
@@ -4183,14 +4183,7 @@ my $PID = $$;
 
 #Launch tentacle server in proxy mode if configured
 if ($Conf{'proxy_mode'}) {
-	
-	#Check if user is root
-	if ($> != 0) {		
-		launch_tentacle_proxy();
-	} else {
-		log_message ('error', 'Proxy mode can not be launched as root');
-		exit 1;
-	}
+	launch_tentacle_proxy();
 }
 
 # Advice if YAML::Tiny is allowed in this system