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Diffstat (limited to 'src/conf.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/conf.c | 24 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/conf.c b/src/conf.c index dbeb11fb5..c92546023 100644 --- a/src/conf.c +++ b/src/conf.c @@ -232,11 +232,25 @@ char ** readConf(char * file) { if(conf_params[conf_absolutePaths[i]][1]=='/' || conf_params[conf_absolutePaths[i]][1]=='\0') { - uid_t uid = geteuid(); - if((pwd = getpwuid(uid)) == NULL) { - ERROR("problems getting passwd entry " - "for current user\n"); - exit(EXIT_FAILURE); + if(conf_params[CONF_USER] && + strlen(conf_params[CONF_USER])) + { + pwd = getpwnam( + conf_params[CONF_USER]); + if(!pwd) { + ERROR("no such user: %s\n", + conf_params[CONF_USER]); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); + } + } + else { + uid_t uid = geteuid(); + if((pwd = getpwuid(uid)) == NULL) { + ERROR("problems getting passwd " + "entry " + "for current user\n"); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); + } } } else { |