From d60779d01ba41ec7724e24b727e1917231c42590 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Todd C. Miller" <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 22:02:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] moved set_perms(PERM_ROOT) to be before yyparse()

---
 parse.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/parse.c b/parse.c
index eb1031359..bc21cf804 100644
--- a/parse.c
+++ b/parse.c
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ int validate(check_cmnd)
     yyin = sudoers_fp;
     yyout = stdout;
 
+    /*
+     * need to be root while stat'ing things in the parser.
+     */
+    set_perms(PERM_ROOT);
     return_code = yyparse();
 
     /*
@@ -126,7 +130,6 @@ int validate(check_cmnd)
     (void) fclose(sudoers_fp);
 
     /* relinquish extra privs */
-    set_perms(PERM_ROOT);
     set_perms(PERM_USER);
 
     if (return_code || parse_error)
-- 
2.40.0