--- irda-utils-0.9.17/irdadump/main.c.root	2006-06-01 12:53:34.000000000 +0200
+++ irda-utils-0.9.17/irdadump/main.c	2006-06-01 12:54:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@
 	char *readfilename = NULL;
 	int fd, c;
 
+    if(geteuid()) {
+        puts("You need to be root to run this utility.\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
 	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "bc:di:lpr:s:tvw:x?")) != -1) {
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'b': /* Dumb bytes */