diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-store.cc index d7cd0b088..9199b1206 100644 --- a/src/libstore/local-store.cc +++ b/src/libstore/local-store.cc @@ -602,10 +602,10 @@ static void canonicalisePathMetaData_(const Path & path, uid_t fromUid, InodesSe users group); we check for this case below. */ if (st.st_uid != geteuid()) { #if HAVE_LCHOWN - if (lchown(path.c_str(), geteuid(), (gid_t) -1) == -1) + if (lchown(path.c_str(), geteuid(), getegid()) == -1) #else if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) && - chown(path.c_str(), geteuid(), (gid_t) -1) == -1) + chown(path.c_str(), geteuid(), getegid()) == -1) #endif throw SysError(format("changing owner of ‘%1%’ to %2%") % path % geteuid());