+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+ /* Cygwin kludge.
+ * It can return EINVAL instead of EPERM
+ * so, if we are already unprivileged,
+ * use id of current user.
+ */
+ if (geteuid() && getuid()) {
+ *uid = getuid();
+ *gid = getgid();
+ return true;
+ }
+#endif
+