def init():
logger.info("Initializing...")
# Escalate permissions to root (sudo) if not ran as root
# This is required for creating the chroot jails and running the solutions.
escalate_permissions()
# Set the current working dir to the root of the grader
# not matter when we run the script from
root_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
if os.getcwd() != root_dir:
logger.info("Setting working directory to '{}'.".format(root_dir))
os.chdir(root_dir)
# Create the sandbox directories for each of the workers and prepare them
# to be chrooted (mounting /bin, /dev, /lib and similar directories inside)
Workers.init()
logger.info("Initialization completed successfully!")
