From a073502b279b5127895f4953702bed54bcc7dbfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 20:32:43 +0100
Subject: mod_posix: Don't let the server run as root without the magic
run_as_root in config
---
plugins/mod_posix.lua | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
(limited to 'plugins')
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()
--
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