Merge commit 'jrollins/master'

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/monkeysphere-server b/src/monkeysphere-server
index d3ba5e4..0c56279 100755
--- 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