--- loncom/Attic/lonc	2000/12/06 20:38:21	1.12
+++ loncom/Attic/lonc	2001/01/10 17:53:51	1.13
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ while ($configline=<CONFIG>) {
 }
 close(CONFIG);
 
+# ----------------------------- Make sure this process is running from user=www
+my $wwwid=getpwnam('www');
+if ($wwwid!=$<) {
+   $emailto="$perlvar{'lonAdmEMail'},$perlvar{'lonSysEMail'}";
+   $subj="LON: $perlvar{'lonHostID'} User ID mismatch";
+   system("echo 'User ID mismatch.  loncron must be run as user www.' |\
+ mailto $emailto -s '$subj' > /dev/null");
+   exit 1;
+}
+
 # --------------------------------------------- Check if other instance running
 
 my $pidfile="$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}/logs/lonc.pid";