1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lock.c b/lock.c
index 2aa7a051..8b3f03f3 100644
--- a/lock.c
+++ b/lock.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ void lock_setup(void)
 {
     /* set up to do lock protocol */
 #define	FETCHMAIL_PIDFILE	"fetchmail.pid"
-    if (!getuid()) {
+    if (getuid() == ROOT_UID) {
 	lockfile = (char *)xmalloc(
 		sizeof(PID_DIR) + sizeof(FETCHMAIL_PIDFILE) + 1);
 	sprintf(lockfile, "%s/%s", PID_DIR, FETCHMAIL_PIDFILE);