--- src/straycats.c
+++ src/straycats.c	Wed Jul  9 19:33:23 2003
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@
 		int fd;
 		drop_effective_privs ();
 		fd = create_tempfile ("zcat", &temp_name);
+		regain_effective_privs ();
 		if (fd == -1) {
 			error (0, errno,
 			       _("warning: can't create temp file %s"),
@@ -373,7 +374,6 @@
 			return 0;
 		}
 		close (fd);
-		regain_effective_privs ();
 	}
 
 	dbf = MYDBM_RWOPEN (database);