1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/fs_trace.c b/src/firejail/fs_trace.c
index eac73a074..2a7c83049 100644
--- a/src/firejail/fs_trace.c
+++ b/src/firejail/fs_trace.c
@@ -45,14 +45,16 @@ void fs_trace_preload(void) {
                 if (arg_debug)
                         printf("Creating an empty trace log file: %s\n", arg_tracefile);
                 // create a bind mounted trace logfile that the sandbox can see
+                EUID_USER();
                 FILE *fp = fopen(arg_tracefile, "w");
                 if (!fp)
                         errExit("fopen");
                 SET_PERMS_STREAM(fp, firejail_uid, firejail_gid, S_IRUSR | S_IWRITE | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
                 fclose(fp);
+                EUID_ROOT();
                 fp = fopen(RUN_TRACE_FILE, "w");
                 if (!fp)
-                        errExit("fopen");
+                        errExit("fopen " RUN_TRACE_FILE);
                 fclose(fp);
                 fs_logger2("touch ", arg_tracefile);
                 if (mount(arg_tracefile, RUN_TRACE_FILE, NULL, MS_BIND|MS_REC, NULL) < 0)