--- rxvt-unicode/src/ptytty.C	2006/01/02 15:10:18	1.26
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/ptytty.C	2006/01/04 03:02:01	1.28
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@
 #ifdef PTYS_ARE_OPENPTY
   char tty_name[sizeof "/dev/pts/????\0"];
 
-  if (openpty (&pfd, fd_tty, tty_name, NULL, NULL) != -1)
+  rxvt_privileges(RESTORE);
+  int res = openpty (&pfd, fd_tty, tty_name, NULL, NULL);
+  rxvt_privileges(IGNORE);
+
+  if (res != -1)
     {
       *ttydev = strdup (tty_name);
       return pfd;
@@ -402,8 +406,7 @@
 rxvt_ptytty::put ()
 {
 #ifndef NO_SETOWNER_TTYDEV
-  if (tty >= 0)
-    privileges (RESTORE);
+  privileges (RESTORE);
 #endif
 
   if (pty >= 0) close (pty);