X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org/?p=lttng-tools.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=liblttngctl%2Fliblttngctl.c;h=e400775eaa97a6ffcd983cf4f6cd14da695ec18b;hp=38be54774049532c8d9cef30a67c244454109b96;hb=847177cda88eed885da0b5f0b66b03ffcd06c8f6;hpb=5461b305aef403f7f2e48c977c188b5526746c6e

diff --git a/liblttngctl/liblttngctl.c b/liblttngctl/liblttngctl.c
index 38be54774..e400775ea 100644
--- a/liblttngctl/liblttngctl.c
+++ b/liblttngctl/liblttngctl.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static int set_session_daemon_path(void)
 
 	/* Are we in the tracing group ? */
 	ret = check_tracing_group(tracing_group);
-	if (ret < 0) {
+	if (ret < 0 && getuid() != 0) {
 		if (sprintf(sessiond_sock_path, DEFAULT_HOME_CLIENT_UNIX_SOCK,
 					getenv("HOME")) < 0) {
 			return -ENOMEM;