diff -Naur rcs-5.7-lunar/src/conf.sh rcs-5.7/src/conf.sh
--- rcs-5.7-lunar/src/conf.sh	1995-06-16 08:19:24.000000000 +0200
+++ rcs-5.7/src/conf.sh	2006-03-09 13:55:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -73,16 +73,6 @@
 	ech='echo -n' dots='... '
 esac
 
-$ech >&3 "$0: testing permissions $dots"
-rm -f a.d &&
-date >a.d &&
-chmod 0 a.d &&
-{ test -w a.d || cp /dev/null a.d 2>/dev/null; } && {
-	echo >&3 "$n$0: This command should not be run with superuser permissions."
-	exit 1
-}
-echo >&3 OK
-rm -f a.d || exit
 
 $ech >&3 "$0: testing compiler for plausibility $dots"
 echo 'main() { return 0; }' >a.c