--- a/server/dhcpd.c
+++ b/server/dhcpd.c
@@ -892,6 +892,12 @@
 	if (lftest)
 		exit (0);
 
+#if defined (PARANOIA)
+	/* Set proper permissions... */
+	if (lchown (path_dhcpd_db, set_uid, set_gid))
+		log_fatal ("lchown(%s, %d, %d): %m", path_dhcpd_db, (int) set_uid, (int) set_gid);
+#endif /* PARANOIA */
+
 	/* Discover all the network interfaces and initialize them. */
 #if defined(DHCPv6) && defined(DHCP4o6)
 	if (dhcpv4_over_dhcpv6) {