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From: =?UTF-8?q?Christian=20K=C3=B6nig?= <github@yubiuser.dev>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:50:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Revert https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/pull/6312
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Signed-off-by: Christian König <github@yubiuser.dev>
---
 pihole | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pihole b/pihole
index 7b5e3eb8..1231e993 100755
--- a/pihole
+++ b/pihole
@@ -572,7 +572,8 @@ fi
 
 # Check if the current user is not root and if the command
 # requires root. If so, exit with an error message.
-if [[ $EUID -ne 0 && need_root -eq 1 ]];then
+# Add an exception for the user "pihole" to allow the webserver running gravity
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 && ${USER} != "pihole" && need_root -eq 1 ]];then
   echo -e "  ${CROSS} The Pi-hole command requires root privileges, try:"
   echo -e "      ${COL_GREEN}sudo pihole $*${COL_NC}"
   exit 1