diff -up logrotate-3.7.7/config.c.curdir logrotate-3.7.7/config.c
--- logrotate-3.7.7/config.c.curdir	2008-11-20 14:50:29.000000000 +0100
+++ logrotate-3.7.7/config.c	2008-11-20 14:51:35.000000000 +0100
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ static void freeTailLogs(int num)
 static int readConfigPath(const char *path, struct logInfo *defConfig)
 {
     struct stat sb;
-    int here, oldnumlogs, result = 1;
+    int  oldnumlogs, result = 1;
 	struct logInfo defConfigBackup;
 
     if (stat(path, &sb)) {
@@ -315,17 +315,10 @@ static int readConfigPath(const char *pa
 	int files_count, i;
 	DIR *dirp;
 
-	here = open(".", O_RDONLY);
-	if (here < 0) {
-	    message(MESS_ERROR, "cannot open current directory: %s\n",
-		    strerror(errno));
-	    return 1;
-	}
 
 	if ((dirp = opendir(path)) == NULL) {
 	    message(MESS_ERROR, "cannot open directory %s: %s\n", path,
 		    strerror(errno));
-	    close(here);
 	    return 1;
 	}
 	files_count = 0;
@@ -344,7 +337,6 @@ static int readConfigPath(const char *pa
 		    } else {
 			free_2d_array(namelist, files_count);
 			closedir(dirp);
-			close(here);
 			message(MESS_ERROR, "cannot realloc: %s\n",
 				strerror(errno));
 			return 1;
@@ -358,7 +350,6 @@ static int readConfigPath(const char *pa
 		} else {
 		    free_2d_array(namelist, files_count);
 		    closedir(dirp);
-		    close(here);
 		    message(MESS_ERROR, "cannot realloc: %s\n",
 			    strerror(errno));
 		    return 1;
@@ -370,14 +361,12 @@ static int readConfigPath(const char *pa
 	if (files_count > 0) {
 	    qsort(namelist, files_count, sizeof(char *), compar);
 	} else {
-	    close(here);
 	    return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (chdir(path)) {
 	    message(MESS_ERROR, "error in chdir(\"%s\"): %s\n", path,
 		    strerror(errno));
-	    close(here);
 	    free_2d_array(namelist, files_count);
 	    return 1;
 	}
@@ -399,8 +388,7 @@ static int readConfigPath(const char *pa
 	    freeLogInfo(&defConfigBackup);
 	}
 
-	fchdir(here);
-	close(here);
+	chdir(".");
 	free_2d_array(namelist, files_count);
     } else {
     	oldnumlogs = numLogs;