--- cinelerra-cve-git-7b31c455b/cinelerra/main.C~
+++ cinelerra-cve-git-7b31c455b/cinelerra/main.C
@@ -78,11 +78,13 @@
 	deamon_path[0] = 0;
 	EDL::id_lock = new Mutex("EDL::id_lock");
 
+#ifdef NOTDEF
 	if(!getuid() || !geteuid())
 	{
 		fprintf(stderr, "\nYou can't run " PROGRAM_NAME " as root. It is unsecure.\n");
 		exit(0);
 	}
+#endif
 
 	bindtextdomain(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALE_DIR);
 	textdomain(GETTEXT_PACKAGE);