diff --git a/rse-bash-modules.sh b/rse-bash-modules.sh
index 7055fc076d2be2cc7668df26318e06e172a3d3c3..2f894de1469b5b9ea15dc75bd5679af1ef989572 100644
--- a/rse-bash-modules.sh
+++ b/rse-bash-modules.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ func_rse_make_sudo_account() {
             NEW_UID=$((NEW_UID + 1))
         done
         if [[ ! -e /etc/sudoers.d/${NEW_ACCOUNT} ]]; then
-            sudo echo "${NEW_ACCOUNT}	ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" > /tmp/${NEW_ACCOUNT}.sudo
+            echo "${NEW_ACCOUNT}	ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" > /tmp/${NEW_ACCOUNT}.sudo
+            chown root:root /tmp/${NEW_ACCOUNT}.sudo
             sudo mv /tmp/${NEW_ACCOUNT}.sudo /etc/sudoers.d/${NEW_ACCOUNT}
         fi
     fi