From 20ae55c7d6a70f2ad75351f2dbd85517ff6a326d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vladislav Naumov <vladislav.naumov@1win.pro>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 21:43:22 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] only chown socket when running as root

---
 cmd/mod_prometheus_status/module.go | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/mod_prometheus_status/module.go b/cmd/mod_prometheus_status/module.go
index 6f675c3..b73d5ba 100644
--- a/cmd/mod_prometheus_status/module.go
+++ b/cmd/mod_prometheus_status/module.go
@@ -86,11 +86,13 @@ func startMetricServer(startChannel chan bool, socketPath string, userID, groupI
 		return
 	}
 	defer l.Close()
-	err = os.Chown(socketPath, userID, groupID)
-	if err != nil {
-		logErrorf("cannot chown metricssocket: %s", err.Error())
-		startChannel <- false
-		return
+	if os.Geteuid() == 0 {
+		err = os.Chown(socketPath, userID, groupID)
+		if err != nil {
+			logErrorf("cannot chown metricssocket: %s", err.Error())
+			startChannel <- false
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	logDebugf("listening on metricsSocket: %s", socketPath)