1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/cygwin/ssh-host-config b/contrib/cygwin/ssh-host-config
index 9c0dabf41..c7164f610 100644
--- a/contrib/cygwin/ssh-host-config
+++ b/contrib/cygwin/ssh-host-config
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ then
           echo "Should this script create a new local account 'sshd_server' which has"
           if request "the required privileges?"
           then
-            _admingroup=`awk -F: '{if ( $2 == "S-1-5-32-544" ) print $1;}' ${SYSCONFDIR}/group`
+            _admingroup=`awk -F: '{if ( $1 != "root" && $2 == "S-1-5-32-544" ) print $1;}' ${SYSCONFDIR}/group`
             if [ -z "${_admingroup}" ]
             then
               echo "There's no group with SID S-1-5-32-544 (Local administrators group) in"