-#if [ ! -z "$user_name" ]; then
-# echo "Chowning the apps folder to be owned by: $user_name"
-##hmmm: have to hope for now for standard group named after user
-# chown -R "$user_name:$user_name" "$APPLICATION_DIR"
-# test_or_die "Chowning $APPLICATION_DIR to be owned by $user_name"
-#fi
+# go with the default user running the script.
+user_name=$USER
+if [ ! -z "$user_name" -a "$user_name" != "root" ]; then
+ echo "Chowning the apps folder to be owned by: $user_name"
+#hmmm: have to hope for now for standard group named after user
+ chown -R "$user_name:$user_name" "$BASE_APPLICATION_PATH"
+ test_or_die "Chowning $BASE_APPLICATION_PATH to be owned by $user_name"
+
+else
+echo "user name failed checks for chowning, was '$user_name'"
+fi