--- z2.py~	Thu Feb 27 15:53:08 2003
+++ z2.py	Fri Mar  5 15:45:20 2004
@@ -844,17 +844,6 @@
                                    'to; fix this to start as root (see '
                                    'doc/SETUID.txt)')
             import stat
-            client_home_stat = os.stat(CLIENT_HOME)
-            client_home_faults = []
-            if not (client_home_stat[stat.ST_MODE]&01000):
-                client_home_faults.append('does not have the sticky bit set')
-            if client_home_stat[stat.ST_UID] != 0:
-                client_home_faults.append('is not owned by root')
-            if client_home_faults:
-                client_home_faults.append('fix this to start as root (see '
-                                          'doc/SETUID.txt)')
-                err = '%s %s' % (CLIENT_HOME, ', '.join(client_home_faults))
-                raise SystemExit, err
 
             try:
                 try:    UID = string.atoi(UID)