--- src/install_etcfiles.sh.in.orig	2024-03-22 12:30:31 UTC
+++ src/install_etcfiles.sh.in
@@ -22,19 +22,6 @@ else
    DESTDIR=""
 fi
 
-# the installer must be root to install files under /etc and we check for this
-# but the exception is rpmbuild.  When a package is made using rpmbuild,
-# it is comon practise to _NOT_ run the install as root.
-ID=`id -un`
-if [ "$ID" != root  -a  $PKGNAME != ufdbGuard ]
-then
-   echo
-   echo "***  You must be root but you appear to be $ID. ***"
-   echo "The ufdb startup script cannot be installed..."
-   echo
-   exit 1
-fi
-
 OS="@ufdb_os_type@"
 INITDIR="@ufdb_initdir@"
 
@@ -293,12 +280,10 @@ fix_piddir_permissions () {
 
 
 case $OS in
-   freebsd)       install_freebsd ;;
    openbsd)       install_openbsd ;;
    linux_systemd) install_linux_systemd ;;
    smoothwall)    install_smoothwall ;;
    solaris_smf)   install_solaris_smf ;;
-   *) 		  install_unix ;;
 esac
 
 
