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;