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only chown socket when running as root #20

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12 changes: 7 additions & 5 deletions cmd/mod_prometheus_status/module.go
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Expand Up @@ -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)
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