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plugins/mod_posix.lua @ 1092:b547967d87fc
mod_posix: Don't let the server run as root without the magic run_as_root in config
| author | Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> |
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| date | Sat, 02 May 2009 20:32:43 +0100 |
| parent | 1062:f9a1ac50782b |
| child | 1100:05d209ef9661 |
| child | 1118:239d4362a040 |
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--- a/plugins/mod_posix.lua Sat May 02 20:32:17 2009 +0100 +++ b/plugins/mod_posix.lua Sat May 02 20:32:43 2009 +0100 @@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ 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()
