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diff --git a/portato.py b/portato.py
index 646e850..1c73f74 100755
--- a/portato.py
+++ b/portato.py
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
from portato import listener
from portato.constants import VERSION, FRONTENDS, STD_FRONTEND, XSD_LOCATION, LOCALE_DIR, APP, SU_COMMAND
from optparse import OptionParser
-from subprocess import call
-import sys, os, socket
+import sys, os
import gettext, locale
def get_frontend_list ():
@@ -88,26 +87,23 @@ def main ():
else:
print _("Validation succeeded.")
return
- elif options.nolistener:
+ elif options.nolistener or os.getuid() == 0:
listener.set_send()
run()
else: # start listener and start us again in root modus
- if os.fork() == 0:
- listener.set_recv()
- else:
+ pid = os.fork()
+ if pid == 0: # start portato in child
additional = []
if options.check:
additional.append("-c")
if options.frontend:
additional.extend(["-f", options.frontend])
- try:
- if os.getuid() != 0:
- call(SU_COMMAND.split()+["%s --no-listener %s" % (sys.argv[0], " ".join(additional))], env = os.environ)
- else:
- call([sys.argv[0], "--no-listener"]+additional, env = os.environ)
- except KeyboardInterrupt:
- pass
+ cmd = SU_COMMAND.split()
+ os.execvpe(cmd[0], cmd+["%s --no-listener %s" % (sys.argv[0], " ".join(additional))], env = os.environ)
+
+ else: # start listener
+ listener.set_recv()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()