diff -NuarwbB nss_db-2.2.3pre1.orig/src/db-compat.c nss_db-2.2.3pre1/src/db-compat.c
--- nss_db-2.2.3pre1.orig/src/db-compat.c	2005-06-07 00:08:39.000000000 -0700
+++ nss_db-2.2.3pre1/src/db-compat.c	2005-06-07 00:53:00.000000000 -0700
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <db.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
 
 #if DB_VERSION_MAJOR > 2
 
@@ -39,8 +42,13 @@
   if (err)
     return err;
 
+  uid_t uid = geteuid();
+
+  if(uid == 0) {
   /* Make sure we upgrade, in case this is an older database */
+	  /* However we need root access to do so */
   db->upgrade(db, file, 0);
+  }
 
   err = db->open (db, NULL, file, NULL, type, flags, mode);
   if (err)