diff --git a/modules/pam_xauth/pam_xauth.c b/modules/pam_xauth/pam_xauth.c
index ae73121..f4f3df4 100644
--- a/modules/pam_xauth/pam_xauth.c
+++ b/modules/pam_xauth/pam_xauth.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static const char * const xauthpaths[] = {
  * given input on stdin, and storing any output it generates. */
 static int
 run_coprocess(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *input, char **output,
-	      uid_t uid, gid_t gid, const char *command, ...)
+	      uid_t uid, gid_t gid, const char *name, const char *command, ...)
 {
 	int ipipe[2], opipe[2], i;
 	char buf[LINE_MAX];
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ run_coprocess(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *input, char **output,
 		    pam_syslog (pamh, LOG_ERR, "setgroups() failed: %m");
 		    _exit (err);
 		  }
+
+               /* Mandriva Linux specific:
+                * we need to set the extra groups because in high security levels
+                * access to /usr/X11R6/bin dir is controlled by a group */
+                initgroups(name, gid);
+
 		if (setuid(uid) == -1)
 		  {
 		    int err = errno;
@@ -528,7 +534,7 @@ pam_sm_open_session (pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags UNUSED,
 			   (unsigned long) getuid(), (unsigned long) getgid());
 	}
 	if (run_coprocess(pamh, NULL, &cookie,
-			  getuid(), getgid(),
+			  getuid(), getgid(), rpwd->pw_name,
 			  xauth, "-f", cookiefile, "nlist", display,
 			  NULL) == 0) {
 #ifdef WITH_SELINUX
@@ -587,7 +593,7 @@ pam_sm_open_session (pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags UNUSED,
 						       (unsigned long) getgid());
 					}
 					run_coprocess(pamh, NULL, &cookie,
-						      getuid(), getgid(),
+						      getuid(), getgid(), rpwd->pw_name,
 						      xauth, "-f", cookiefile,
 						      "nlist", t, NULL);
 				}
@@ -729,7 +735,7 @@ pam_sm_open_session (pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags UNUSED,
 				  (unsigned long) tpwd->pw_gid);
 		}
 		run_coprocess(pamh, cookie, &tmp,
-			      tpwd->pw_uid, tpwd->pw_gid,
+			      tpwd->pw_uid, tpwd->pw_gid, tpwd->pw_name,
 			      xauth, "-f", cookiefile, "nmerge", "-", NULL);
 
 		/* We don't need to keep a copy of these around any more. */