--- sudo.c	2005-06-19 16:35:46.000000000 -0400
+++ sudo.c	2005-08-06 12:18:17.000000000 -0400
@@ -884,6 +884,10 @@
      */
     set_perms(PERM_SUDOERS);
 
+    /* perm hack. If our egid  = 1 we cant read /etc/sudoers */
+    if (geteuid() == 1)
+	seteuid(0);
+
     if (rootstat != 0 && stat_sudoers(_PATH_SUDOERS, &statbuf) != 0)
 	log_error(USE_ERRNO, "can't stat %s", _PATH_SUDOERS);
     else if (!S_ISREG(statbuf.st_mode))
@@ -913,7 +917,7 @@
 	    sleep(1);
 	}
 	if (sudoers_fp == NULL)
-	    log_error(USE_ERRNO, "can't open %s", _PATH_SUDOERS);
+	    log_error(USE_ERRNO, "can't open %s %d/%d %d/%d", _PATH_SUDOERS, getuid(), geteuid(), getgid(), getegid());
     }
 
     set_perms(PERM_ROOT);		/* change back to root */