1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/drb/unix.rb b/lib/drb/unix.rb
index eef4902cef..e92a7a88ca 100644
--- a/lib/drb/unix.rb
+++ b/lib/drb/unix.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ module DRb
       else
 	soc = UNIXServer.open(filename)
       end
+      owner = config[:UNIXFileOwner]
+      group = config[:UNIXFileGroup]
+      if owner || group
+        require 'etc'
+        owner = Etc.getpwnam( owner ).uid  if owner
+        group = Etc.getgrnam( group ).gid  if group
+        File.chown owner, group, filename
+      end
       mode = config[:UNIXFileMode]
       File.chmod(mode, filename) if mode