1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/rpmdrake b/rpmdrake
index 82eff1e5..0cdfaa3d 100755
--- a/rpmdrake
+++ b/rpmdrake
@@ -41,16 +41,19 @@ use common;
 use rpmdrake;
 use gurpm;
 
+$MODE = 'install';
+$0 =~ m|/rpmdrake-remove$| and $MODE = 'remove';
+$0 =~ m|/MandrakeUpdate$|  and $MODE = 'update';
+
+$MODE eq 'update' and require_root_capability();
+
+
 eval { require ugtk2; ugtk2->import(qw(:all)) };
 if ($@) {
     print "This program cannot be run in console mode.\n";
     c::_exit(0);  #- skip ugtk2::END
 }
 
-$MODE = 'install';
-$0 =~ m|/rpmdrake-remove$| and $MODE = 'remove';
-$0 =~ m|/MandrakeUpdate$|  and $MODE = 'update';
-
 /^-?-(\S+)$/ and $options{$1} = 1 foreach @ARGV;
 
 
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ sub interactive_msg_  {  interactive_msg(@_, if_(exists $w->{rwindow}, transient
 sub interactive_list_ { interactive_list(@_, if_(exists $w->{rwindow}, transient => $w->{rwindow})) };
 sub wait_msg_         {         wait_msg(@_, if_(exists $w->{rwindow}, transient => $w->{rwindow})) };
 
+
 $> and (interactive_msg_(N("Running in user mode"),
 N("You are launching this program as a normal user.
 You will not be able to perform modifications on the system,