From: Charles Coffing Upstream: no Index: xen-4.0.0-testing/tools/python/xen/xm/main.py =================================================================== --- xen-4.0.0-testing.orig/tools/python/xen/xm/main.py +++ xen-4.0.0-testing/tools/python/xen/xm/main.py @@ -2052,6 +2052,10 @@ def xm_debug_keys(args): def xm_top(args): arg_check(args, "top", 0) + # A hack to get a clear error message if ran as non-root + if os.geteuid() != 0: + raise IOError() + os.system('xentop') def xm_dmesg(args):