--- a/prosodyctl Wed Apr 19 06:47:02 2017 +0200
+++ b/prosodyctl Wed Apr 19 19:31:46 2017 +0200
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
if ok and pposix then
if pposix._VERSION ~= want_pposix_version then print(string.format("Unknown version (%s) of binary pposix module, expected %s", tostring(pposix._VERSION), want_pposix_version)); return; end
current_uid = pposix.getuid();
- if current_uid == 0 and config.get("*", "run_as_root") ~= true then
+ if current_uid == 0 and config.get("*", "run_as_root") ~= true and arg[1] ~= "--root" then
-- We haz root!
local desired_user = config.get("*", "prosody_user") or "prosody";
local desired_group = config.get("*", "prosody_group") or desired_user;