--- daemon/gdm.c.orig	Wed Sep 13 01:04:25 2000
+++ daemon/gdm.c	Wed Sep 13 01:05:17 2000
@@ -271,18 +271,12 @@
     else 
 	GdmUserId = pwent->pw_uid;
 
-    if (GdmUserId==0)
-	gdm_fail (_("gdm_config_parse: The gdm user should not be root. Aborting!"));
-
     grent = getgrnam (GdmGroup);
 
     if (!grent)
 	gdm_fail (_("gdm_config_parse: Can't find the gdm group (%s). Aborting!"), GdmGroup);
     else 
 	GdmGroupId = grent->gr_gid;   
-
-    if (GdmGroupId==0)
-	gdm_fail (_("gdm_config_parse: The gdm group should not be root. Aborting!"));
 
     setegid (GdmGroupId);	/* gid remains `gdm' */
     seteuid (GdmUserId);