diff -uNr shellinabox-2.20/shellinabox/privileges.c shellinabox-2.20.mod/shellinabox/privileges.c
--- shellinabox-2.20/shellinabox/privileges.c	2016-11-09 21:40:33.000000000 +0200
+++ shellinabox-2.20.mod/shellinabox/privileges.c	2020-01-03 01:34:35.341048035 +0200
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@
 #endif
 
 static void removeGroupPrivileges(int showError) {
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+  return;
+#endif
+
   gid_t rg, eg, sg;
   check(!getresgid(&rg, &eg, &sg));
 
@@ -128,6 +132,10 @@
 }
 
 void lowerPrivileges(void) {
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+  return;
+#endif
+
   uid_t r, e, g;
   check(!getresuid(&r, &e, &g));
 
@@ -159,6 +167,10 @@
 }
 
 void dropPrivileges(void) {
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+  return;
+#endif
+
   uid_t r, e, s;
   check(!getresuid(&r, &e, &s));
 
@@ -256,6 +268,10 @@
 #endif
 
 uid_t getUserId(const char *name) {
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+  return getuid();
+#endif
+
   struct passwd pwbuf, *pw;
   char *buf;
   #ifdef _SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX
@@ -364,6 +380,9 @@
 #endif
 
 gid_t getGroupId(const char *name) {
+#if __ANDROID__
+  return getgid();
+#endif
   static const long gr_max = 64 * 1024;
   struct group grbuf, *gr;
   char *temp;
