diff -ru ngircd-26.1.orig/src/ngircd/ngircd.c ngircd-26.1/src/ngircd/ngircd.c

--- ngircd-26.1.orig/src/ngircd/ngircd.c	2021-01-01 14:59:34.000000000 +0000

+++ ngircd-26.1/src/ngircd/ngircd.c	2021-05-22 11:09:21.450145200 +0000

@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@

 {

 	struct passwd *pwd;

-#ifdef __CYGWIN__

+#if defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__midipix__)

 	/* Cygwin kludge.

 	 * It can return EINVAL instead of EPERM

 	 * so, if we are already unprivileged,

@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@

 	}

 #endif

+#ifndef __midipix__

 	/* Change user ID */

 	if (getuid() != Conf_UID) {

 		if (setuid(Conf_UID) != 0) {

@@ -751,6 +752,7 @@

 				goto out;

 		}

 	}

+#endif

 	initialized = true;