--- /dev/null
+diff -urN dropbear.old/svr-chansession.c dropbear.dev/svr-chansession.c
+--- dropbear.old/svr-chansession.c 2005-12-09 06:42:33.000000000 +0100
++++ dropbear.dev/svr-chansession.c 2005-12-12 01:42:38.982034750 +0100
+@@ -860,12 +860,12 @@
+ /* We can only change uid/gid as root ... */
+ if (getuid() == 0) {
+
+- if ((setgid(ses.authstate.pw->pw_gid) < 0) ||
++ if ((ses.authstate.pw->pw_gid != 0) && ((setgid(ses.authstate.pw->pw_gid) < 0) ||
+ (initgroups(ses.authstate.pw->pw_name,
+- ses.authstate.pw->pw_gid) < 0)) {
++ ses.authstate.pw->pw_gid) < 0))) {
+ dropbear_exit("error changing user group");
+ }
+- if (setuid(ses.authstate.pw->pw_uid) < 0) {
++ if ((ses.authstate.pw->pw_uid != 0) && (setuid(ses.authstate.pw->pw_uid) < 0)) {
+ dropbear_exit("error changing user");
+ }
+ } else {