diff --git a/src/various/drop_permissions.cc b/src/various/drop_permissions.cc
index bb3a7ae..7860ca0 100644
--- a/src/various/drop_permissions.cc
+++ b/src/various/drop_permissions.cc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <eixrc/eixrc.h>
 
 #include <string>
+#include <iostream>
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -27,7 +28,9 @@ drop_permissions(EixRc &eix)
 	bool set_gid(true);
 	gid_t gid;
 	const string &group(eix["EIX_GROUP"]);
+cout << "\nEIX_GROUP: " << group << "\n";
 	if(group.empty() || (get_uid_of(group.c_str(), &gid) == 0)) {
+cout << "Group is bad\n";
 		gid_t i(eix.getInteger("EIX_GID"));
 		if(i > 0) {
 			gid = i;
@@ -38,19 +41,21 @@ drop_permissions(EixRc &eix)
 	}
 	if(set_gid) {
 #ifdef HAVE_SETGID
-		setgid(gid);
+cout << "setgid(" << gid << "): " << setgid(gid) << "\n";
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_SETEGID
-		setegid(gid);
+cout << "setegid(" << gid << "): " << setegid(gid) << "\n";
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_SETGROUPS
-		setgroups(1, &gid);
+cout << "setgroups(1, &" << gid << "): " << setgroups(1, &gid) << "\n";
 #endif
 	}
 	bool set_uid(true);
 	uid_t uid;
 	const string &user(eix["EIX_USER"]);
+cout << "EIX_USER: " << user << "\n";
 	if(user.empty() || !get_uid_of(user.c_str(), &uid)) {
+cout << "User is bad\n";
 		uid_t i(eix.getInteger("EIX_UID"));
 		if(i > 0) {
 			uid = i;
@@ -62,17 +67,19 @@ drop_permissions(EixRc &eix)
 #ifdef HAVE_INITGROUPS
 	else {
 		if(set_gid) {
-			initgroups(user.c_str(), gid);
+cout << "initgroups(" << user.c_str() << ", " << gid << "): " <<
+		initgroups(user.c_str(), gid) << "\n";
 		}
 	}
 #endif
 	if(set_uid) {
 #ifdef HAVE_SETUID
-		setuid(uid);
+cout << "setuid(" << uid << "): " << setuid(uid) << "\n";
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_SETEUID
-		seteuid(uid);
+cout << "seteuid(" << uid << "): " << seteuid(uid) << "\n";
 #endif
 	}
+cout << endl;
 }