1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/vty.c b/lib/vty.c
index 8d79a6b566..2660ca3251 100644
--- a/lib/vty.c
+++ b/lib/vty.c
@@ -2022,7 +2022,10 @@ vty_serv_un (const char *path)
 
   zprivs_get_ids(&ids);
 
-  if (ids.gid_vty > 0)
+  /* Hack: ids.gid_vty is actually a uint, but we stored -1 in it
+     earlier for the case when we don't need to chown the file
+     type casting it here to make a compare */
+  if ((int)ids.gid_vty > 0)
     {
       /* set group of socket */
       if ( chown (path, -1, ids.gid_vty) )