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| -rw-r--r-- | plugins/mod_posix.lua | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/plugins/mod_posix.lua b/plugins/mod_posix.lua index b1c7e01b..e6f17cc1 100644 --- a/plugins/mod_posix.lua +++ b/plugins/mod_posix.lua @@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ local logger_set = require "util.logger".setwriter; module.host = "*"; -- we're a global module +-- Don't even think about it! +module:add_event_hook("server-starting", function () + if pposix.getuid() == 0 and not config_get("*", "core", "run_as_root") then + module:log("error", "Danger, Will Robinson! Prosody doesn't need to be run as root, so don't do it!"); + module:log("error", "For more information on running Prosody as root, see http://prosody.im/doc/root"); + _G.prosody_shutdown("Refusing to run as root"); + end + end); + local pidfile_written; local function remove_pidfile() |