- 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");
- prosody.shutdown("Refusing to run as root");
+ local suid = module:get_option("setuid");
+ if not suid or suid == 0 or suid == "root" then
+ if pposix.getuid() == 0 and not module:get_option("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");
+ prosody.shutdown("Refusing to run as root");
+ end