diff -urNad asterisk-1.0.9.dfsg.1/asterisk.c /tmp/dpep.grs7nl/asterisk-1.0.9.dfsg.1/asterisk.c
--- asterisk-1.0.9.dfsg.1/asterisk.c	2005-07-18 17:49:24.000000000 +0300
+++ /tmp/dpep.grs7nl/asterisk-1.0.9.dfsg.1/asterisk.c	2005-07-18 17:51:50.000000000 +0300
@@ -1579,6 +1579,7 @@
 	FILE *f;
 	sigset_t sigs;
 	int num;
+	int is_child_of_nonroot=0;
 	char *buf;
 	char *runuser=NULL, *rungroup=NULL;
 	struct pollfd silly_macos[1];	
@@ -1605,6 +1606,11 @@
 	callerid_init();
 	ast_utils_init();
 	tdd_init();
+			/* When asterisk restarts after it has dropped the root privileges,
+			 * it can't issue setuid(), setgid(), setgroups() or set_priority() 
+			 * */
+	if (getenv("ASTERISK_ALREADY_NONROOT"))
+		is_child_of_nonroot=1;
 	if (getenv("HOME")) 
 		snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s/.asterisk_history", getenv("HOME"));
 	/* Check if we're root */
@@ -1698,11 +1704,11 @@
 		ast_verbose("[ Reading Master Configuration ]");
 	ast_readconfig();
 
-	if (set_priority(option_highpriority)) {
+	if (!is_child_of_nonroot && set_priority(option_highpriority)) {
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
-	if (rungroup) {
+	if (rungroup && !is_child_of_nonroot) {
 		struct group *gr;
 		gr = getgrnam(rungroup);
 		if (!gr) {
@@ -1717,7 +1723,7 @@
 			ast_verbose("Running as group '%s'\n", rungroup);
 	}
 
-	if (runuser) {
+	if (runuser && ! is_child_of_nonroot) {
 		struct passwd *pw;
 		pw = getpwnam(runuser);
 		if (!pw) {
@@ -1728,6 +1734,7 @@
 			ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Unable to setuid to %d (%s)\n", pw->pw_uid, runuser);
 			exit(1);
 		}
+		setenv("ASTERISK_ALREADY_NONROOT","yes",1);
 		if (option_verbose)
 			ast_verbose("Running as user '%s'\n", runuser);
 	}