diff --git a/versioning/BRM/brmshmimpl.cpp b/versioning/BRM/brmshmimpl.cpp
index 6b86d2d37..60bb66e31 100644
--- a/versioning/BRM/brmshmimpl.cpp
+++ b/versioning/BRM/brmshmimpl.cpp
@@ -45,16 +45,6 @@ BRMShmImpl::BRMShmImpl(unsigned key, off_t size, bool readOnly) :
     fKey(key), fSize(size), fReadOnly(readOnly)
 {
     string keyName = ShmKeys::keyToName(fKey);
-
-	bool rootUser = true;
-
-    //check if root-user
-    int user;
-    user = getuid();
-
-    if (user != 0)
-        rootUser = false;
-
     string shmLocation = "/dev/shm/";
 
     if (fSize == 0)
@@ -98,43 +88,42 @@ again:
 
     try
     {
-#if BOOST_VERSION < 104500
         bi::shared_memory_object shm(bi::create_only, keyName.c_str(), bi::read_write);
-#ifdef __linux__
-        {
-            string pname = "shmLocation + keyName;
-            chmod(pname.c_str(), 0666);
-        }
-#endif
-#else
-        bi::permissions perms;
-        perms.set_unrestricted();
-        bi::shared_memory_object shm(bi::create_only, keyName.c_str(), bi::read_write, perms);
-#endif
         idbassert(fSize > 0);
         shm.truncate(fSize);
         fShmobj.swap(shm);
     }
-    catch (bi::interprocess_exception&)
+    catch (bi::interprocess_exception &b)
     {
-        bi::shared_memory_object shm(bi::open_only, keyName.c_str(), bi::read_write);
+        if (b.get_error_code() != bi::already_exists_error) {
+            ostringstream o;
+            o << "BRM caught an exception creating a shared memory segment: " << b.what();
+            log(o.str());
+            throw;
+        }
+        bi::shared_memory_object *shm = NULL;
+        try {
+            shm = new bi::shared_memory_object(bi::open_only, keyName.c_str(), bi::read_write);
+        }
+        catch (exception &e) {
+            ostringstream o;
+            o << "BRM caught an exception attaching to a shared memory segment: " << b.what();
+            log(o.str());
+            throw;
+        }
         off_t curSize = 0;
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
         bi::offset_t tmp = 0;
         shm.get_size(tmp);
         curSize = static_cast<off_t>(tmp);
 #else
-        shm.get_size(curSize);
+        shm->get_size(curSize);
 #endif
         idbassert(curSize > 0);
         idbassert(curSize >= fSize);
-        fShmobj.swap(shm);
+        fShmobj.swap(*shm);
         fSize = curSize;
     }
-    catch (...)
-    {
-        throw;
-    }
 
     if (fReadOnly)
     {