diff -uNr hexchat-2.14.2/src/common/server.c hexchat-2.14.2.mod/src/common/server.c
--- hexchat-2.14.2/src/common/server.c	2018-08-29 19:41:08.000000000 +0300
+++ hexchat-2.14.2.mod/src/common/server.c	2019-10-20 23:40:54.023648082 +0300
@@ -1623,7 +1623,6 @@
 
 	case 0:
 		/* this is the child */
-		setuid (getuid ());
 		server_child (serv);
 		_exit (0);
 	}