--- scripts/rabbitmqctl.orig	2011-01-12 09:22:10.000000000 -0300
+++ scripts/rabbitmqctl	2011-01-12 09:23:31.000000000 -0300
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 [ "x" = "x$RABBITMQ_NODENAME" ] && RABBITMQ_NODENAME=${NODENAME}
 [ "x" = "x$RABBITMQ_CTL_ERL_ARGS" ] && RABBITMQ_CTL_ERL_ARGS=${CTL_ERL_ARGS}
 
-exec erl \
+sudo -u rabbitmq HOME=/var/db/rabbitmq erl \
     -pa "${RABBITMQ_HOME}/ebin" \
     -noinput \
     -hidden \
