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diff --git a/src/common/cfgfiles.c b/src/common/cfgfiles.c
index e9486771..525e6acd 100644
--- a/src/common/cfgfiles.c
+++ b/src/common/cfgfiles.c
@@ -830,6 +830,15 @@ load_config (void)
 
 	} else
 	{
+#ifndef WIN32
+#ifndef __EMX__
+		/* OS/2 uses UID 0 all the time */
+		if (getuid () == 0)
+			fe_message (_("* Running IRC as root is stupid! You should\n"
+							"  create a User Account and use that to login.\n"), FE_MSG_WARN|FE_MSG_WAIT);
+#endif
+#endif /* !WIN32 */
+
 		g_mkdir (prefs.hex_dcc_dir, 0700);
 		g_mkdir (prefs.hex_dcc_completed_dir, 0700);