Running daemons as a different user is now possible.

src/libc.cr

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+
+lib LibC
+	struct Passwd
+		pw_name    : Char*
+		pw_passwd  : Char*
+		pw_uid     : UInt
+		pw_gid     : UInt
+		pw_gecos   : Char*
+		pw_dir     : UInt
+		pw_shell   : Char*
+	end
+
+	fun setuid(Int32) : Int32
+	fun setgid(Int32) : Int32
+	fun getpwnam(Char*) : Passwd*
+end
+
+module System
+	def self.become_user(user_name : String)
+		pointer = LibC.getpwnam user_name.to_unsafe
+
+		if pointer.null?
+			return nil
+		end
+
+		passwd = pointer.value
+
+		# FIXME: Probably should get some errno magic right now.
+		if 0 != LibC.setuid passwd.pw_uid
+			raise Exception.new "setuid failed"
+		end
+
+		if 0 != LibC.setgid passwd.pw_gid
+			raise Exception.new "setuid failed"
+		end
+
+		passwd
+	end
+end
+#def get_uid_gid(user_name : String)
+#	pointer = LibC.getpwnam user_name.to_unsafe
+#
+#	if pointer.null?
+#		return nil
+#	end
+#
+#	passwd = pointer.value
+#
+#	{passwd.pw_uid, passwd.pw_gid}
+#end
+
+#uid, gid = get_uid_gid("http").not_nil!
+#LibC.setuid uid
+#LibC.setgid gid
+
+#puts Process.run "whoami", output: Process::Redirect::Inherit
+

src/service.cr

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 require "yaml"
 require "colorize"
 
+require "./libc.cr"
+
 def split_command(string)
 		args = string.split /\ (?=([^\"]*\"[^\"]*\")*[^\"]*$)/
 
@@ -138,8 +140,16 @@ class Service
 
 			puts "  - #{check.name}"
 
-			# FIXME: Output? Only in debug mode?
-			child = Process.run "sh", ["-c", evaluate check.command], output: Process::Redirect::Inherit, error: Process::Redirect::Inherit
+			child = Process.fork do
+				@reference.user.try do |user|
+					unless System.become_user user
+						STDERR << "service: child could not setuid() to user '#{user}'.\n"
+						exit 1
+					end
+				end
+
+				Process.exec "sh", ["-c", evaluate check.command], output: Process::Redirect::Inherit, error: Process::Redirect::Inherit
+			end.wait
 
 			if child.exit_status != 0
 				raise Service::Exception.new "Child process exited with status “#{child.exit_status}”."

src/service_definition.cr

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class ServiceDefinition
 			key: "stop-command"
 		},
 		directory: String?, # Place to chdir to before running @command.
+		user: String?, # User that should run the service.
 		environment: {
 			type: Environment,
 			default: Environment.root