$OpenBSD: patch-prosodyctl,v 1.1.1.1 2009/09/06 18:40:57 jolan Exp $
--- prosodyctl.orig	Wed Jul 29 12:54:55 2009
+++ prosodyctl	Sun Sep  6 11:30:04 2009
@@ -9,6 +9,19 @@
 
 -- prosodyctl - command-line controller for Prosody XMPP server
 
+require("posix")
+
+user = posix.getpasswd()
+if user.uid ~= 0 then
+	io.stderr:write("prosodyctl must be started as root to drop privileges\n")
+	os.exit(1)
+end
+
+posix.setpid("U", "638")
+posix.setpid("u", "638")
+posix.setpid("G", "638")
+posix.setpid("g", "638")
+
 -- Will be modified by configure script if run --
 
 CFG_SOURCEDIR=nil;