From 6482c50cb099f3310f22ed57a39a9b1364f3a47b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Todd C. Miller" <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 00:49:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] added support for non-root owned sudoers file

---
 parse.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/parse.c b/parse.c
index 8ea1396e5..c1a12a57f 100644
--- a/parse.c
+++ b/parse.c
@@ -531,8 +531,8 @@ int validate()
     FILE *sudoers_fp;
     int i, return_code;
 
-    /* become root */
-    set_perms(PERM_ROOT);
+    /* become owner of the sudoers file */
+    set_perms(PERM_SUDOERS);
 
     if ((sudoers_fp = fopen(_PATH_SUDO_SUDOERS, "r")) == NULL) {
 	perror(_PATH_SUDO_SUDOERS);
@@ -557,7 +557,8 @@ int validate()
      */
     (void) fclose(sudoers_fp);
 
-    /* relinquish root */
+    /* go back to user perms */
+    set_perms(PERM_ROOT);
     set_perms(PERM_USER);
 
     /*