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-rw-r--r--loginutils/passwd.c5
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/loginutils/passwd.c b/loginutils/passwd.c
index 5b828dfee..7745444c0 100644
--- a/loginutils/passwd.c
+++ b/loginutils/passwd.c
@@ -227,10 +227,7 @@ int passwd_main(int argc, char **argv)
signal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN);
signal(SIGQUIT, SIG_IGN);
umask(077);
- if (setuid(0)) {
- syslog(LOG_ERR, "can't setuid(0)");
- bb_error_msg_and_die( "Cannot change ID to root.\n");
- }
+ xsetuid(0);
if (!update_passwd(pw, crypt_passwd)) {
syslog(LOG_INFO, "password for `%s' changed by user `%s'", name,
myname);