sudo error: Permission denied.

[King, Daniel]

I’m compiling sudo 1.6.6, with:
 
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --exec-prefix=/usr/local --with-logpath=/usr/local/var/sudo.log --sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc --with-logging=file --with-timedir=/usr/local/var
 
But, when I go to run sudo, I get:
 
sudo: can't open /usr/local/etc/sudoers: Permission denied
 
Any ideas?  Thanks in advance.
 
A. Daniel King, System Analyst
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