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commit d98efd380deaeec9e57bc9d28797da60ee4a324d

parent 8c0b5b5403bdb3c0e2d8ad13b48de29717127207

Author: Ben Webb 

Date:   Fri,  1 Mar 2002 19:12:51 +0000

Workaround for setregid failing when run through "fakeroot"


Diffstat:
  M src/serverside.c                    |       4 +++-

1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/src/serverside.c b/src/serverside.c

t@@ -1736,7 +1736,9 @@ void CloseHighScoreFile()
 void DropPrivileges()
 {
 #ifndef CYGWIN
-  if (setregid(getgid(), getgid()) != 0) {
+  /* Ignore the error if we've ended up with (gid == egid) anyway */
+  if (setregid(getgid(), getgid()) != 0
+      && (getgid() != getegid())) {
     perror("setregid");
     exit(1);
   }