diff -Naur pidentd-3.0.14.orig/src/main.c pidentd-3.0.14/src/main.c

--- pidentd-3.0.14.orig/src/main.c	Fri Aug 31 12:20:34 2001

+++ pidentd-3.0.14/src/main.c	Mon Dec 10 12:25:21 2001

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@

 {

     if (server_uid == NO_UID)

     {

-	if (str2uid("nobody", &server_uid, &server_gid) < 0)

+	if (str2uid("pidentd", &server_uid, &server_gid) < 0)

 	    server_uid = ROOT_UID;

     }

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@

     int socket_type = -1;

     int init_mode = 0;

     int log_header = 0;

-    

+    int xinetd = 0;    

     if (argv[0] != NULL)

     {

@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@

 	  case 'i':

 	    listen_sock = STDIN_FILENO;

 	    socket_type = SOCKTYPE_CONNECTED;

+	    xinetd = 1;

 	    break;

 	  case 'I':

@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@

    have different uid's... Luckily Linux doesn't need root to get at

    the needed information anyway. */

 #ifdef __linux__

-    drop_root_privs();

+    if (!xinetd) drop_root_privs();

 #endif

     if (kernel_init() < 0)

@@ -418,7 +419,7 @@

     }

 #ifndef __linux__

-    drop_root_privs();

+    if (!xinetd) drop_root_privs();

 #endif

     timeout_init();