diff --git a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c
index 9bb2bf8b2..3aed36974 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c
@@ -1896,7 +1896,11 @@ xf86RunVtInit(void)
           FatalError("xf86RunVtInit: fork failed (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
           break;
       case 0:  /* child */
-          setuid(getuid());
+	  if (setuid(getuid()) == -1) {
+	      xf86Msg(X_ERROR, "xf86RunVtInit: setuid failed (%s)\n",
+			 strerror(errno));
+	      exit(255);
+	  }
           /* set stdin, stdout to the consoleFd */
           for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
             if (xf86Info.consoleFd != i) {
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/os-support/shared/libc_wrapper.c b/hw/xfree86/os-support/shared/libc_wrapper.c
index fc4edc378..1663893d9 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/os-support/shared/libc_wrapper.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/os-support/shared/libc_wrapper.c
@@ -1270,7 +1270,10 @@ xf86execl(const char *pathname, const char *arg, ...)
 #ifndef SELF_CONTAINED_WRAPPER
 	xf86DisableIO();
 #endif
-        setuid(getuid());
+        if (setuid(getuid()) == -1) {
+		ErrorF("xf86Execl: setuid() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		exit(255);
+	}
 #if !defined(SELF_CONTAINED_WRAPPER)
         /* set stdin, stdout to the consoleFD, and leave stderr alone */
         for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/parser/write.c b/hw/xfree86/parser/write.c
index 285080d99..82baa5a04 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/parser/write.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/parser/write.c
@@ -170,7 +170,10 @@ xf86writeConfigFile (const char *filename, XF86ConfigPtr cptr)
 					strerror(errno));
 			return 0;
 		case 0: /* child */
-			setuid(getuid());
+			if (setuid(getuid() == -1) 
+			    FatalError("xf86writeConfigFile(): "
+				"setuid failed(%s)\n", 
+				strerror(errno));
 			ret = doWriteConfigFile(filename, cptr);
 			exit(ret);
 			break;
diff --git a/os/utils.c b/os/utils.c
index 43c6365a4..617d20119 100644
--- a/os/utils.c
+++ b/os/utils.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $XdotOrg: xserver/xorg/os/utils.c,v 1.25 2006/03/25 19:52:05 ajax Exp $ */
+/* $XdotOrg: xserver/xorg/os/utils.c,v 1.26 2006-06-01 22:06:41 daniels Exp $ */
 /* $Xorg: utils.c,v 1.5 2001/02/09 02:05:24 xorgcvs Exp $ */
 /*
 
@@ -1713,8 +1713,10 @@ System(char *command)
     case -1:	/* error */
 	p = -1;
     case 0:	/* child */
-	setgid(getgid());
-	setuid(getuid());
+	if (setgid(getgid()) == -1)
+	    _exit(127);
+	if (setuid(getuid()) == -1)
+	    _exit(127);
 	execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", command, (char *)NULL);
 	_exit(127);
     default:	/* parent */
@@ -1765,8 +1767,10 @@ Popen(char *command, char *type)
 	xfree(cur);
 	return NULL;
     case 0:	/* child */
-	setgid(getgid());
-	setuid(getuid());
+	if (setgid(getgid()) == -1)
+	    _exit(127);
+	if (setuid(getuid()) == -1)
+	    _exit(127);
 	if (*type == 'r') {
 	    if (pdes[1] != 1) {
 		/* stdout */
@@ -1840,8 +1844,10 @@ Fopen(char *file, char *type)
 	xfree(cur);
 	return NULL;
     case 0:	/* child */
-	setgid(getgid());
-	setuid(getuid());
+	if (setgid(getgid()) == -1)
+	    _exit(127);
+	if (setuid(getuid()) == -1)
+	    _exit(127);
 	if (*type == 'r') {
 	    if (pdes[1] != 1) {
 		/* stdout */