1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta-openstack/recipes-devtools/python/python-nova/nova-consoleauth b/meta-openstack/recipes-devtools/python/python-nova/nova-consoleauth
index 56561db..d2c1f29 100644
--- a/meta-openstack/recipes-devtools/python/python-nova/nova-consoleauth
+++ b/meta-openstack/recipes-devtools/python/python-nova/nova-consoleauth
@@ -59,8 +59,27 @@ status()
 case "$1" in
   start)
     test "$ENABLED" = "true" || exit 0
+
+    if [ -e $PIDFILE ]; then
+        PIDDIR=/proc/$(cat $PIDFILE)
+        if [ -d ${PIDDIR} ]; then
+            echo "$DESC already running."
+            exit 1
+        else
+            echo "Removing stale PID file $PIDFILE"
+            rm -f $PIDFILE
+        fi
+    fi
+    PIDDIR=`dirname $PIDFILE`
+    if [ ! -d $PIDDIR ]; then
+        mkdir -p $PIDDIR
+        chown nova $PIDDIR
+    fi
+
     echo "Starting nova console" "nova-consoleauth"
-    start-stop-daemon --start -b -m --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec ${DAEMON} -- ${DAEMON_ARGS}
+    sudo -u nova \
+        start-stop-daemon --start -b -m --pidfile $PIDFILE \
+        --exec ${DAEMON} -- ${DAEMON_ARGS}
     log_end_msg $?
     ;;
   stop)