diff --git a/base.sh b/base.sh
index d6fec92..e2773a6 100755
--- a/base.sh
+++ b/base.sh
@@ -314,7 +314,6 @@ function _gcc {
 }
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #	Main line
-[ $(whoami) = "root" ]	|| die "Not running as user root, you should be!"
 #	Create directories if needed
 [ -e "${LOGS}" ]	||	install -vdm 755 "${LOGS}"
 [ -e "${INFOS}" ]	||	install -vdm 755 "${INFOS}"
diff --git a/lfs.sh b/lfs.sh
index 833a799..272afd2 100755
--- a/lfs.sh
+++ b/lfs.sh
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ msg_line "	Unmounting Virtual Kernel File Systems: "
 	mountpoint -q ${LFS}/dev && umount ${LFS}/dev
 msg_success
 msg_line "	Changing file ownership: "
-	chown -R 0:0 ${LFS}
+	chown -R root:root ${LFS}
 msg_success
 msg_line "	Preparing Virtual Kernel File Systems: "
 	[ -d ${LFS}/dev ] || mkdir -p ${LFS}/dev