break su_monkeysphere_user into common function, since it will likely

be needed by both m-host and m-auth for communicating with keyservers.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/share/common b/src/share/common
index 00a1008..2a20c1c 100644
--- a/src/share/common
+++ b/src/share/common
@@ -90,6 +90,19 @@ log() {
     done
 }
 
+# run command as monkeysphere user
+su_monkeysphere_user() {
+    # 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 "$@"
+    fi
+}
+
 # cut out all comments(#) and blank lines from standard input
 meat() {
     grep -v -e "^[[:space:]]*#" -e '^$' "$1"