1 files changed, 17 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/src/transport/gnunet-helper-transport-wlan.c b/src/transport/gnunet-helper-transport-wlan.c
index 8a978c218..cbe0dae77 100644
--- a/src/transport/gnunet-helper-transport-wlan.c
+++ b/src/transport/gnunet-helper-transport-wlan.c
@@ -1923,23 +1923,28 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   int stdin_open;
   struct MessageStreamTokenizer *stdin_mst;
   int raw_eno;
-  uid_t uid;
 
   /* assert privs so we can modify the firewall rules! */
-  uid = getuid ();
-#ifdef HAVE_SETRESUID
-  if (0 != setresuid (uid, 0, 0))
   {
-    fprintf (stderr, "Failed to setresuid to root: %s\n", strerror (errno));
-    return 254;
-  }
+#ifdef HAVE_SETRESUID
+    uid_t uid = getuid ();
+
+    if (0 != setresuid (uid, 0, 0))
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr,
+               "Failed to setresuid to root: %s\n", 
+               strerror (errno));
+      return 254;
+    }
 #else
-  if (0 != seteuid (0))
-  {
-    fprintf (stderr, "Failed to seteuid back to root: %s\n", strerror (errno));
-    return 254;
-  }
+    if (0 != seteuid (0))
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, 
+               "Failed to seteuid back to root: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+      return 254;
+    }
 #endif
+  }
 
   /* make use of SGID capabilities on POSIX */
   memset (&dev, 0, sizeof (dev));