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Diffstat (limited to 'prosodyctl')
| -rwxr-xr-x | prosodyctl | 28 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -61,6 +61,29 @@ do 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"; @@ -291,6 +314,11 @@ function commands.status(arg) return 0; else show_message("Prosody is not running"); + if not switched_user and current_uid ~= 0 then + print("\nNote: You will also see this if prosodyctl is not running under the same"); + print(" user account as Prosody. Try running as root (e.g. with 'sudo' in front) to"); + print(" gain access to Prosody's real status."); + end return 2 end return 1; |