diff -Nur -X no.freeciv freeciv-cvs/common/shared.c freeciv-mod/common/shared.c
--- freeciv-cvs/common/shared.c	Tue Aug 10 20:09:20 1999
+++ freeciv-mod/common/shared.c	Wed Aug 11 00:57:50 1999
@@ -669,7 +669,8 @@
 ***************************************************************************/
 void dont_run_as_root(const char *argv0, const char *fallback)
 {
-#if (defined(GENERATING68K) || defined(GENERATINGPPC) || defined(__EMX__))
+#if (defined(GENERATING68K) || defined(GENERATINGPPC) || defined(__EMX__) || \
+    ( (defined(_AMIGA)) && !(defined(__GNUC__))) )
   return;
 #else
   if (getuid()==0 || geteuid()==0) {