From 6fc0c465f0431d7f5bc4d689724b188595c72467 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Peddell <klightspeed@killerwolves.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 20:19:00 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Add option to override command used to drop privileges

Inspired by https://github.com/tberg/ark-server-tools/tree/4cf0c77b8e5f16e3a0eb002f511f53c40af87b93
---
 tools/arkmanager | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index 60166e12..7f7f8d51 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ arkstUsePkgManager=''
 # Set this to allow variable expansion in variables sourced from arkmanager.cfg
 arkstRootUseEnv=''
 
+# Set this to override the command used to drop privileges
+arkstRunUserCommandOverride=''
+
 # Set this to override the main fork
 arkstGithubRepoOverride=''
 
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ doUpgradeToolsFromCommit(){
   sed -i -e "s|^arkstCommit='.*'|arkstCommit='${commit}'|" \
          -e "s|^arkstTag='.*'|arkstTag='${tagname}'|" \
          -e "s|^arkstRootUseEnv='.*'|arkstRootUseEnv='${arkstRootUseEnv}'|" \
+         -e "s|^arkstRunUserCommandOverride='.*'|arkstRunUserCommandOverride='${arkstRunUserCommandOverride}'|" \
          -e "s|^arkstGithubRepoOverride='.*'|arkstGithubRepoOverride='${arkstGithubRepoOverride}'|" \
          -e "s|^arkstGlobalCfgFileOverride='.*'|arkstGlobalCfgFileOverride='${arkstGlobalCfgFileOverride}'|" \
          -e "s|^arkstUserCfgFileOverride='.*'|arkstUserCfgFileOverride='${arkstUserCfgFileOverride}'|" \
@@ -231,7 +235,7 @@ runAsRoot(){
     echo "Error: steamcmd_user is root; aborting"
     exit 1
   else
-    exec /sbin/runuser "$steamcmd_user" -s "$steamcmd_user_shellexec" -c "$(printf "%q" "$0")$(printf " %q" "$@")"
+    exec "${arkstRunUserCommandOverride:-/sbin/runuser}" "$steamcmd_user" -s "$steamcmd_user_shellexec" -c "$(printf "%q" "$0")$(printf " %q" "$@")"
     exit 1
   fi
 }
@@ -3826,8 +3830,8 @@ main(){
         if [ -n "${arkstTag}" ]; then
           echo "Release Tag: ${arkstTag}"
         fi
-        blobsize="$(sed "s@^\\(arkst\\(Commit\\|Tag\\|RootUseEnv\\|UsePkgManager\\|GithubRepoOverride\\|GlobalCfgFileOverride\\|UserCfgFileOverride\\)\\)=.*@\\1=''@" "$0" | wc -c)"
-        echo "Blob SHA: $( (echo -ne "blob ${blobsize}\0"; sed "s@^\\(arkst\\(Commit\\|Tag\\|RootUseEnv\\|UsePkgManager\\|GithubRepoOverride\\|GlobalCfgFileOverride\\|UserCfgFileOverride\\)\\)=.*@\\1=''@" "$0") | sha1sum | cut -d' ' -f1)"
+        blobsize="$(sed "s@^\\(arkst\\(Commit\\|Tag\\|RootUseEnv\\|UsePkgManager\\|RunUserCommandOverride\\|GithubRepoOverride\\|GlobalCfgFileOverride\\|UserCfgFileOverride\\)\\)=.*@\\1=''@" "$0" | wc -c)"
+        echo "Blob SHA: $( (echo -ne "blob ${blobsize}\0"; sed "s@^\\(arkst\\(Commit\\|Tag\\|RootUseEnv\\|UsePkgManager\\|RunUserCommandOverride\\|GithubRepoOverride\\|GlobalCfgFileOverride\\|UserCfgFileOverride\\)\\)=.*@\\1=''@" "$0") | sha1sum | cut -d' ' -f1)"
         exit 1
       ;;
       -h|--help)

From 3a425daeeab22b0cfe6c72195c5950f669d8cb4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Peddell <klightspeed@killerwolves.net>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 08:31:52 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Fix broken merge

---
 tools/arkmanager | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index bea37740..aa7325ae 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ runAsRoot(){
     exit 1
   else
     echo "Attempting to drop privileges; re-running as $steamcmd_user" >&2
-    exec "${arkstRunUserCommandOverride:-/sbin/runuser}" "$steamcmd_user" -s "$steamcmd_user_shellexec" -c "$(printf "%q" "$0")$(printf " %q" "$@")" --runfromroot$(printf " %q" "$@")"
+    exec "${arkstRunUserCommandOverride:-/sbin/runuser}" "$steamcmd_user" -s "$steamcmd_user_shellexec" -c "$(printf "%q" "${arkstScriptPath}") --runfromroot"$(printf " %q" "$@")"
     exit 1
   fi
 }

From fccce3e22a82dcf6b3f450ec3b7feec865e3177d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Peddell <klightspeed@killerwolves.net>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 08:34:32 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Fix stray quote

---
 tools/arkmanager | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index aa7325ae..fe346f77 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ runAsRoot(){
     exit 1
   else
     echo "Attempting to drop privileges; re-running as $steamcmd_user" >&2
-    exec "${arkstRunUserCommandOverride:-/sbin/runuser}" "$steamcmd_user" -s "$steamcmd_user_shellexec" -c "$(printf "%q" "${arkstScriptPath}") --runfromroot"$(printf " %q" "$@")"
+    exec "${arkstRunUserCommandOverride:-/sbin/runuser}" "$steamcmd_user" -s "$steamcmd_user_shellexec" -c "$(printf "%q" "${arkstScriptPath}") --runfromroot$(printf " %q" "$@")"
     exit 1
   fi
 }