Allow warden_filer to also accept textual usernames/groupnames on uid/gid

warden_filer/warden_filer.py

@@ -470,6 +470,18 @@ def get_configs():
 
 
 
+def get_uid_gid(str_id, get_nam_func):
+    if str_id:
+        try:
+            id = int(str_id)
+        except ValueError:
+            id = get_nam_func(str_id)[2]
+    else:
+        id = None
+    return id
+
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     args = get_args()
@@ -482,12 +494,17 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     try:
         if args.daemon:
+            from pwd import getpwnam
+            from grp import getgrnam
+            uid = get_uid_gid(fconfig.get("uid"), getpwnam)
+            gid = get_uid_gid(fconfig.get("gid"), getgrnam)
+
             daemonize(
                 work_dir = fconfig.get("work_dir", "."),
                 chroot_dir = fconfig.get("chroot_dir"),
                 umask = fconfig.get("umask"),
-                uid = fconfig.get("uid"),
-                gid = fconfig.get("gid"),
+                uid = uid,
+                gid = gid,
                 pidfile = args.pid_file,
                 files_preserve = get_logger_files(wclient.logger),
                 signals = {