Index: cache_cf.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/squid/squid/src/cache_cf.c,v
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -r1.13 cache_cf.c
--- cache_cf.c	2001/01/12 08:20:32	1.13
+++ cache_cf.c	2001/01/25 15:07:55
@@ -386,9 +386,10 @@
     }
     if (aclPurgeMethodInUse(Config.accessList.http))
 	Config2.onoff.enable_purge = 1;
-    if (NULL != Config.effectiveUser) {
-	struct passwd *pwd = getpwnam(Config.effectiveUser);
-	if (NULL == pwd)
+    if (geteuid() == 0) {
+	if (NULL != Config.effectiveUser) {
+    	    struct passwd *pwd = getpwnam(Config.effectiveUser);
+    	    if (NULL == pwd)
 	    /*
 	     * Andres Kroonmaa <andre@online.ee>:
 	     * Some getpwnam() implementations (Solaris?) require
@@ -398,18 +399,22 @@
 	     * This should be safe at startup, but might still fail
 	     * during reconfigure.
 	     */
-	    fatalf("getpwnam failed to find userid for effective user '%s'",
-		Config.effectiveUser,
-		xstrerror());
-	Config2.effectiveUserID = pwd->pw_uid;
-    }
-    if (NULL != Config.effectiveGroup) {
-	struct group *grp = getgrnam(Config.effectiveGroup);
-	if (NULL == grp)
-	    fatalf("getgrnam failed to find groupid for effective group '%s'",
-		Config.effectiveGroup,
-		xstrerror());
-	Config2.effectiveGroupID = grp->gr_gid;
+    		fatalf("getpwnam failed to find userid for effective user '%s'",
+    		    Config.effectiveUser,
+    		    xstrerror());
+    	    Config2.effectiveUserID = pwd->pw_uid;
+       	}
+	if (NULL != Config.effectiveGroup) {
+	    struct group *grp = getgrnam(Config.effectiveGroup);
+	    if (NULL == grp)
+		fatalf("getgrnam failed to find groupid for effective group '%s'",
+		    Config.effectiveGroup,
+		    xstrerror());
+	    Config2.effectiveGroupID = grp->gr_gid;
+	}
+    } else {
+	Config2.effectiveUserID = geteuid();
+	Config2.effectiveGroupID = getegid();
     }
     urlExtMethodConfigure();
 }