What is the best way for checking if the user of a script has root-like privileges?

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os.geteuid gets the effective user id, which is exactly what you want, so I can’t think of any better way to perform such a check. The one bit that’s uncertain is that “root-like’ in the title: your code checks for exactly root, no “like” about it, and indeed I wouldn’t know what “root-like but not root” would mean — so, if you mean something different than “exactly root”, perhaps you can clarify, thanks!

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