Index: src/os_unix.c
==================================================================
--- src/os_unix.c
+++ src/os_unix.c
@@ -322,23 +322,10 @@
 */
 static int posixOpen(const char *zFile, int flags, int mode){
   return open(zFile, flags, mode);
 }
 
-/*
-** On some systems, calls to fchown() will trigger a message in a security
-** log if they come from non-root processes.  So avoid calling fchown() if
-** we are not running as root.
-*/
-static int posixFchown(int fd, uid_t uid, gid_t gid){
-#if OS_VXWORKS
-  return 0;
-#else
-  return geteuid() ? 0 : fchown(fd,uid,gid);
-#endif
-}
-
 /* Forward reference */
 static int openDirectory(const char*, int*);
 static int unixGetpagesize(void);
 
 /*
@@ -421,11 +408,11 @@
   { "pwrite64",     (sqlite3_syscall_ptr)0,          0  },
 #endif
 #define osPwrite64  ((ssize_t(*)(int,const void*,size_t,off_t))\
                     aSyscall[13].pCurrent)
 
-  { "fchmod",       (sqlite3_syscall_ptr)fchmod,     0  },
+  { "fchmod",       (sqlite3_syscall_ptr)fchmod,          0  },
 #define osFchmod    ((int(*)(int,mode_t))aSyscall[14].pCurrent)
 
 #if defined(HAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE) && HAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE
   { "fallocate",    (sqlite3_syscall_ptr)posix_fallocate,  0 },
 #else
@@ -443,36 +430,54 @@
 #define osMkdir     ((int(*)(const char*,mode_t))aSyscall[18].pCurrent)
 
   { "rmdir",        (sqlite3_syscall_ptr)rmdir,           0 },
 #define osRmdir     ((int(*)(const char*))aSyscall[19].pCurrent)
 
-  { "fchown",       (sqlite3_syscall_ptr)posixFchown,     0 },
+  { "fchown",       (sqlite3_syscall_ptr)fchown,          0 },
 #define osFchown    ((int(*)(int,uid_t,gid_t))aSyscall[20].pCurrent)
+
+  { "geteuid",      (sqlite3_syscall_ptr)geteuid,         0 },
+#define osGeteuid   ((uid_t(*)(void))aSyscall[21].pCurrent)
 
 #if !defined(SQLITE_OMIT_WAL) || SQLITE_MAX_MMAP_SIZE>0
   { "mmap",       (sqlite3_syscall_ptr)mmap,     0 },
-#define osMmap ((void*(*)(void*,size_t,int,int,int,off_t))aSyscall[21].pCurrent)
+#define osMmap ((void*(*)(void*,size_t,int,int,int,off_t))aSyscall[22].pCurrent)
 
   { "munmap",       (sqlite3_syscall_ptr)munmap,          0 },
-#define osMunmap ((void*(*)(void*,size_t))aSyscall[22].pCurrent)
+#define osMunmap ((void*(*)(void*,size_t))aSyscall[23].pCurrent)
 
 #if HAVE_MREMAP
   { "mremap",       (sqlite3_syscall_ptr)mremap,          0 },
 #else
   { "mremap",       (sqlite3_syscall_ptr)0,               0 },
 #endif
-#define osMremap ((void*(*)(void*,size_t,size_t,int,...))aSyscall[23].pCurrent)
+#define osMremap ((void*(*)(void*,size_t,size_t,int,...))aSyscall[24].pCurrent)
+
   { "getpagesize",  (sqlite3_syscall_ptr)unixGetpagesize, 0 },
-#define osGetpagesize ((int(*)(void))aSyscall[24].pCurrent)
+#define osGetpagesize ((int(*)(void))aSyscall[25].pCurrent)
 
   { "readlink",     (sqlite3_syscall_ptr)readlink,        0 },
-#define osReadlink ((ssize_t(*)(const char*,char*,size_t))aSyscall[25].pCurrent)
+#define osReadlink ((ssize_t(*)(const char*,char*,size_t))aSyscall[26].pCurrent)
 
 #endif
 
 }; /* End of the overrideable system calls */
 
+
+/*
+** On some systems, calls to fchown() will trigger a message in a security
+** log if they come from non-root processes.  So avoid calling fchown() if
+** we are not running as root.
+*/
+static int robustFchown(int fd, uid_t uid, gid_t gid){
+#if OS_VXWORKS
+  return 0;
+#else
+  return osGeteuid() ? 0 : osFchown(fd,uid,gid);
+#endif
+}
+
 /*
 ** This is the xSetSystemCall() method of sqlite3_vfs for all of the
 ** "unix" VFSes.  Return SQLITE_OK opon successfully updating the
 ** system call pointer, or SQLITE_NOTFOUND if there is no configurable
 ** system call named zName.
@@ -4341,11 +4346,11 @@
 
       /* If this process is running as root, make sure that the SHM file
       ** is owned by the same user that owns the original database.  Otherwise,
       ** the original owner will not be able to connect.
       */
-      osFchown(pShmNode->h, sStat.st_uid, sStat.st_gid);
+      robustFchown(pShmNode->h, sStat.st_uid, sStat.st_gid);
   
       /* Check to see if another process is holding the dead-man switch.
       ** If not, truncate the file to zero length. 
       */
       rc = SQLITE_OK;
@@ -5825,11 +5830,11 @@
     /* If this process is running as root and if creating a new rollback
     ** journal or WAL file, set the ownership of the journal or WAL to be
     ** the same as the original database.
     */
     if( flags & (SQLITE_OPEN_WAL|SQLITE_OPEN_MAIN_JOURNAL) ){
-      osFchown(fd, uid, gid);
+      robustFchown(fd, uid, gid);
     }
   }
   assert( fd>=0 );
   if( pOutFlags ){
     *pOutFlags = flags;
@@ -7582,11 +7587,11 @@
   };
   unsigned int i;          /* Loop counter */
 
   /* Double-check that the aSyscall[] array has been constructed
   ** correctly.  See ticket [bb3a86e890c8e96ab] */
-  assert( ArraySize(aSyscall)==26 );
+  assert( ArraySize(aSyscall)==27 );
 
   /* Register all VFSes defined in the aVfs[] array */
   for(i=0; i<(sizeof(aVfs)/sizeof(sqlite3_vfs)); i++){
     sqlite3_vfs_register(&aVfs[i], i==0);
   }

Index: test/syscall.test
==================================================================
--- test/syscall.test
+++ test/syscall.test
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@
 #
 foreach s {
     open close access getcwd stat fstat ftruncate
     fcntl read pread write pwrite fchmod fallocate
     pread64 pwrite64 unlink openDirectory mkdir rmdir 
-    statvfs fchown umask mmap munmap mremap
+    statvfs fchown geteuid umask mmap munmap mremap
     getpagesize readlink
 } {
   if {[test_syscall exists $s]} {lappend syscall_list $s}
 }
 do_test 3.1 { lsort [test_syscall list] } [lsort $syscall_list]