--- 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()