Don't try to change gid unless we're privileged.

[tripe] / server / tripe.8.in

diff --git a/server/tripe.8.in b/server/tripe.8.in
index 9721246ff95661b2d9e721d966505791e0d7a325..14ee0ab705cd4d16ce7e4ba1bddecaa24d7011ba 100644 (file)
--- a/server/tripe.8.in
+++ b/server/tripe.8.in
@@ -223,9 +223,13 @@ option.  The selected user (and group) will also be the owner of the
 administration socket.
 .TP
 .BI "\-G, \-\-setgid=" group
-Set gid to that of
+If the current effective uid is zero (i.e., the daemon was invoked as
+.BR root )
+then set gid to that of
 .I group
-(either a group name or integer gid) after initialization.
+(either a group name or integer gid) after initialization.  In any
+event, arrange hat the administration socket be owned by the given
+.IR group .
 .TP
 .BI "\-k, \-\-priv\-keyring=" file
 Reads the private key from