1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/monkeysphere b/src/monkeysphere
index 8d59d08..aa9276c 100755
--- a/src/monkeysphere
+++ b/src/monkeysphere
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ export GNUPGHOME
 mkdir -p -m 0700 "$GNUPGHOME"
 export LOG_LEVEL
 
+# explicitly set the USER variable, for checking file permissions
+export USER=$(whoami)
+
 # get subcommand
 COMMAND="$1"
 [ "$COMMAND" ] || failure "Type '$PGRM help' for usage."