diff -urN linux-2.4.0-test2/net/socket.c linux/net/socket.c
--- linux-2.4.0-test2/net/socket.c	Wed Jun 21 19:10:02 2000
+++ linux/net/socket.c	Thu Jul  6 21:45:55 2000
@@ -818,6 +818,13 @@
 
 	sock->type  = type;
 
+	if ((domain != PF_LOCAL) &&
+	    (domain != PF_UNIX) &&
+            sock->inode) { /* is this needed? */
+		sock->inode->i_uid = current->uid;
+		sock->inode->i_gid = current->gid;
+	}
+
 	if ((i = net_families[family]->create(sock, protocol)) < 0) 
 	{
 		sock_release(sock);