add check to su_monkeysphere_user to not use su if the user is the

monkeysphere user.

diff --git a/src/monkeysphere-server b/src/monkeysphere-server
index d3ba5e44f788f5b768e355e01bff73639c294616..0c562799a3355a09207c7023e0d1044a7eea5451 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/monkeysphere-server
+++ b/src/monkeysphere-server
@@ -66,8 +66,17 @@ subcommands:
 EOF
 }
 
+# function to run command as monkeysphere user
 su_monkeysphere_user() {
-    su "$MONKEYSPHERE_USER" -c "$@"
+    # if the current user is the monkeysphere user, then just eval
+    # command
+    if [ $(id -un) = "$MONKEYSPHERE_USER" ] ; then
+       eval "$@"
+
+    # otherwise su command as monkeysphere user
+    else
+       su "$MONKEYSPHERE_USER" -c "$@"
+    fi
 }
 
 # function to interact with the host gnupg keyring