diff -Naur thunar-vfs.old/thunar-vfs-user.c thunar-vfs/thunar-vfs-user.c
--- thunar-vfs.old/thunar-vfs-user.c	2006-04-23 21:17:40.000000000 +0200
+++ thunar-vfs/thunar-vfs-user.c	2006-04-23 21:14:47.000000000 +0200
@@ -226,8 +226,13 @@
 
 
 static ThunarVfsUserId thunar_vfs_user_effective_uid;
+static ThunarVfsUser  *thunar_vfs_user_effective_user;
 static GObjectClass   *thunar_vfs_user_parent_class;
 
+ThunarVfsUser* thunar_vfs_user_get_effective_user()
+{
+    return thunar_vfs_user_effective_user;
+}
 
 
 GType
@@ -271,7 +276,8 @@
    * this only once to avoid the syscall overhead on every
    * is_me() invokation.
    */
-  thunar_vfs_user_effective_uid = geteuid ();
+  thunar_vfs_user_effective_uid  = geteuid ();
+  thunar_vfs_user_effective_user = thunar_vfs_user_new (thunar_vfs_user_effective_uid);
 
   gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
   gobject_class->finalize = thunar_vfs_user_finalize;
diff -Naur thunar-vfs.old/thunar-vfs-user.h thunar-vfs/thunar-vfs-user.h
--- thunar-vfs.old/thunar-vfs-user.h	2006-04-23 21:17:40.000000000 +0200
+++ thunar-vfs/thunar-vfs-user.h	2006-04-23 21:05:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 const gchar     *thunar_vfs_user_get_name          (ThunarVfsUser *user);
 const gchar     *thunar_vfs_user_get_real_name     (ThunarVfsUser *user);
 gboolean         thunar_vfs_user_is_me             (ThunarVfsUser *user);
-
+ThunarVfsUser   *thunar_vfs_user_get_effective_user();
 
 typedef struct _ThunarVfsUserManagerClass ThunarVfsUserManagerClass;
 typedef struct _ThunarVfsUserManager      ThunarVfsUserManager;