diff -urN /etc/rc.d/init.d/ipsec.orig /etc/rc.d/init.d/ipsec
--- /etc/rc.d/init.d/ipsec.orig 2007-07-10 12:27:41.000000000 +1000
+++ /etc/rc.d/init.d/ipsec      2007-07-10 12:33:55.000000000 +1000
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 # do it
 case "$1" in
   start|--start|stop|--stop|_autostop|_autostart)
-       if [ "x${USER}" != "xroot" ]
+       if test " `id -u`" != " 0"
        then
                echo "permission denied (must be superuser)" |
                        logger -s -p $IPSECsyslog -t ipsec_setup 2>&1