config() {
    NEW="$1"
    OLD="$(dirname $NEW)/$(basename $NEW .new)"
    # If there's no config file by that name, mv it over:
    if [ ! -f $OLD ]; then
        mv $NEW $OLD
    elif [ "$(cat $OLD | sha1sum)" = "$(cat $NEW | sha1sum)" ]; then
        # toss the redundant copy
        rm -f $NEW
    fi
    # Otherwise, we leave the .new copy for the admin to consider...
}

preserve_perms() {
  NEW="$1"
  OLD="$(dirname ${NEW})/$(basename ${NEW} .new)"
  if [ -e ${OLD} ]; then
    cp -a ${OLD} ${NEW}.incoming
    cat ${NEW} > ${NEW}.incoming
    mv ${NEW}.incoming ${NEW}
  fi
  config ${NEW}
}

preserve_perms etc/rc.d/rc.ejabberd.new

# Change some rights
chown @EJABBERD_USER@:@EJABBERD_USER@ var/lib/ejabberd var/lock/ejabberdctl var/log/ejabberd
chmod 0750 var/lib/ejabberd var/lock/ejabberdctl var/log/ejabberd
