Make a ./configure --system to support system-wide installation of inspircd

git-svn-id: http://svn.inspircd.org/repository/trunk/inspircd@12275 e03df62e-2008-0410-955e-edbf42e46eb7

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/make/template/inspircd b/make/template/inspircd
index 6a74d1ec1..92f3f3bac 100644
--- a/make/template/inspircd
+++ b/make/template/inspircd
@@ -22,6 +22,23 @@ my $runpath	=	"@BASE_DIR@";
 my $valgrindlogpath	=	"$basepath/valgrindlogs";
 my $executable	=	"@EXECUTABLE@";
 my $version	=	"@VERSION@";
+my $uid = "@UID@";
+
+if ($< == 0 || $> == 0) {
+	if ($uid !~ /^\d+$/) {
+		# Named UID, look it up
+		$uid = getpwnam $uid;
+	}
+	if (!$uid) {
+		die "Cannot find a valid UID to change to";
+	}
+	# drop root if we were configured with an ircd UID
+	$< = $uid;
+	$> = $uid;
+	if ($< == 0 || $> == 0) {
+		die "Could not drop root: $!";
+	}
+}
 
 our($pid,$pidfile);
 # Lets see what they want to do.. Set the variable (Cause i'm a lazy coder)