--- xmcd_d/main.c.orig	Sat Apr 24 03:41:00 1999
+++ xmcd_d/main.c	Sun May 23 11:55:01 1999
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@
 {
 	int	i;
 	Display	*display;
+        uid_t euid, ruid;
+        gid_t egid, rgid;
 
 	/* Error message stream */
 	errfp = stderr;
@@ -201,6 +203,16 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+        /* get real IDs */
+        ruid = getuid();
+        rgid = getgid();
+        /* save effective IDs */
+        euid = geteuid();
+        egid = getegid();
+        /* give up root until we have a connection to the X server */
+        (void)seteuid(ruid);
+        (void)setegid(rgid);
+        
 	/* Initialize X toolkit */
 	widgets.toplevel = XtVaAppInitialize(
 		&app_context,
@@ -210,6 +222,10 @@
 		NULL,
 		NULL
 	);
+
+        /* Ok, back to root */
+        (void)seteuid(euid);
+        (void)setegid(egid);
 
 	/* Get application options */
 	XtVaGetApplicationResources(