From 260afe2668cc5b49e8c59a04c7aae6111e58f732 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: necoro <>
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:59:00 +0000
Subject: small changes

---
 portato.py | 22 +++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

(limited to 'portato.py')

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()
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