--- pulseaudio-8.0/src/pulsecore/core-util.c
+++ pulseaudio-8.0+uoy/src/pulsecore/core-util.c
@@ -1525,7 +1525,8 @@
         return -errno;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GETUID
-    if (st.st_uid != getuid())
+    /* NetApp have homedirs owned by root, we don't mind: */
+    if (st.st_uid != getuid() && st.st_uid != 0)
         return -EACCES;
 #endif