Index: mttroot/mtt/bin/mtt_cvs2deb
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--- mttroot/mtt/bin/mtt_cvs2deb
+++ mttroot/mtt/bin/mtt_cvs2deb
@@ -33,17 +33,10 @@
 {
     echo $0: error: ${1:-"unknown error"} - aborting.
     exit 1
 }
 
-# should be root for some of these commands
-if [ ! `whoami` = "root" ]; then
-    echo root password required
-    exec su -p -c "$0 $*"
-    error "root authorisation failed"
-fi
-
 # use -email and -name to change
 DEBFULLNAME=${DEBFULLNAME:-"Geraint Paul Bevan"}
 DEBEMAIL=${DEBEMAIL:-"geraint@users.sourceforge.net"}
 
 # default switches