--- a/prosodyctl Mon May 04 20:35:44 2009 +0100
+++ b/prosodyctl Tue May 05 13:23:46 2009 +0100
@@ -61,6 +61,29 @@
end
end
+-- Switch away from root and into the prosody user --
+local switched_user, current_uid;
+local ok, pposix = pcall(require, "util.pposix");
+if ok and pposix then
+ current_uid = pposix.getuid();
+ if current_uid == 0 then
+ -- We haz root!
+ local desired_user = config.get("*", "core", "prosody_user") or "prosody";
+ local ok, err = pposix.setuid(desired_user);
+ if ok then
+ -- Yay!
+ switched_user = true;
+ else
+ -- Boo!
+ print("Warning: Couldn't switch to Prosody user '"..tostring(desired_user).."': "..tostring(err));
+ end
+ end
+else
+ print("Error: Unable to load pposix module. Check that Prosody is installed correctly.")
+ print("For more help send the below error to us through http://prosody.im/discuss");
+ print(tostring(pposix))
+end
+
local error_messages = setmetatable({
["invalid-username"] = "The given username is invalid in a Jabber ID";
["invalid-hostname"] = "The given hostname is invalid";