From bdef9a6b4628a44c10c7bd48ecda80305871a71d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christophe De La Fuente <christophe_delafuente@rapid7.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 18:50:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix msfdb startup

---
 msfdb | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/msfdb b/msfdb
index 6649fd250c..44ade4403b 100755
--- a/msfdb
+++ b/msfdb
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ def should_delete
   ask_yn("Would you like to delete your existing data and configurations?")
 end
 
-if $PROGRAM_NAME == __FILE__
+if File.expand_path($PROGRAM_NAME) == File.expand_path(__FILE__)
   # Bomb out if we're root
   if !Gem.win_platform? && Process.uid.zero?
     puts "Please run #{@script_name} as a non-root user"