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-rw-r--r--src/conf.c24
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 {