--- screen-3.9.11/screen.c.orig	Fri Jun 28 21:12:51 2002
+++ screen-3.9.11/screen.c	Fri Jun 28 21:18:13 2002
@@ -719,6 +719,10 @@
 #ifdef USE_LOCALE
   setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
 #endif
+  real_uid = getuid();
+  real_gid = getgid();
+  eff_uid = geteuid();
+  eff_gid = getegid();
 #ifdef ENCODINGS
   if (nwin_options.encoding == -1)
     {
@@ -752,10 +756,6 @@
 #endif
   if (ac)
     nwin.args = av;
-  real_uid = getuid();
-  real_gid = getgid();
-  eff_uid = geteuid();
-  eff_gid = getegid();
   if (eff_uid != real_uid)
     {		
       /* if running with s-bit, we must install a special signal