diff --git a/wp-admin/options-discussion.php b/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
index 5013ebca9499..132f0b3c5dd5 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 /** WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
 require_once('admin.php');
 
+if ( ! current_user_can('manage_options') )
+	wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this blog.'));
+
 $title = __('Discussion Settings');
 $parent_file = 'options-general.php';
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-general.php b/wp-admin/options-general.php
index 3f2588856b9a..def2124985e8 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-general.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-general.php
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 /** WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
 require_once('./admin.php');
 
+if ( ! current_user_can('manage_options') )
+	wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this blog.'));
+
 $title = __('General Settings');
 $parent_file = 'options-general.php';
 /* translators: date and time format for exact current time, mainly about timezones, see http://php.net/date */
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-media.php b/wp-admin/options-media.php
index 6c97c0323cb8..e5abf4e56e58 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-media.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-media.php
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 /** WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
 require_once('admin.php');
 
+if ( ! current_user_can('manage_options') )
+	wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this blog.'));
+
 $title = __('Media Settings');
 $parent_file = 'options-general.php';
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-misc.php b/wp-admin/options-misc.php
index e63528103c4e..cc366a9fc82c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-misc.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-misc.php
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 /** WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
 require_once('admin.php');
 
+if ( ! current_user_can('manage_options') )
+	wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this blog.'));
+
 $title = __('Miscellaneous Settings');
 $parent_file = 'options-general.php';
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-permalink.php b/wp-admin/options-permalink.php
index 4bff30a4cb31..c06fa08c8a9e 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-permalink.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-permalink.php
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 /** WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
 require_once('admin.php');
 
+if ( ! current_user_can('manage_options') )
+	wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this blog.'));
+
 $title = __('Permalink Settings');
 $parent_file = 'options-general.php';
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-privacy.php b/wp-admin/options-privacy.php
index b501a27cb275..009e94301566 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-privacy.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-privacy.php
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 /** Load WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
 require_once('./admin.php');
 
+if ( ! current_user_can('manage_options') )
+	wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this blog.'));
+
 $title = __('Privacy Settings');
 $parent_file = 'options-general.php';
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-reading.php b/wp-admin/options-reading.php
index 64410c380d31..dd3ba3be5835 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-reading.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-reading.php
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 /** WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
 require_once('admin.php');
 
+if ( ! current_user_can('manage_options') )
+	wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this blog.'));
+
 $title = __('Reading Settings');
 $parent_file = 'options-general.php';
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-writing.php b/wp-admin/options-writing.php
index 208aab4b93da..a8979f4e1727 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-writing.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-writing.php
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 /** WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
 require_once('admin.php');
 
+if ( ! current_user_can('manage_options') )
+	wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to manage options for this blog.'));
+
 $title = __('Writing Settings');
 $parent_file = 'options-general.php';
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/plugins.php b/wp-admin/plugins.php
index 5a22807e8f82..1cdcbf911aad 100644
--- a/wp-admin/plugins.php
+++ b/wp-admin/plugins.php
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 /** WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
 require_once('admin.php');
 
+if ( ! current_user_can('activate_plugins') )
+	wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to manage plugins for this blog.'));
+
 if ( isset($_POST['clear-recent-list']) )
 	$action = 'clear-recent-list';
 elseif ( !empty($_REQUEST['action']) )
@@ -37,6 +40,9 @@
 if ( !empty($action) ) {
 	switch ( $action ) {
 		case 'activate':
+			if ( ! current_user_can('activate_plugins') )
+				wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to activate plugins for this blog.'));
+
 			check_admin_referer('activate-plugin_' . $plugin);
 
 			$result = activate_plugin($plugin, 'plugins.php?error=true&plugin=' . $plugin);
@@ -53,6 +59,9 @@
 			exit;
 			break;
 		case 'activate-selected':
+			if ( ! current_user_can('activate_plugins') )
+				wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to activate plugins for this blog.'));
+			
 			check_admin_referer('bulk-manage-plugins');
 
 			$plugins = (array) $_POST['checked'];
@@ -75,6 +84,9 @@
 			exit;
 			break;
 		case 'error_scrape':
+			if ( ! current_user_can('activate_plugins') )
+				wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to activate plugins for this blog.'));
+
 			check_admin_referer('plugin-activation-error_' . $plugin);
 
 			$valid = validate_plugin($plugin);
@@ -88,6 +100,9 @@
 			exit;
 			break;
 		case 'deactivate':
+			if ( ! current_user_can('activate_plugins') )
+				wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to deactivate plugins for this blog.'));
+
 			check_admin_referer('deactivate-plugin_' . $plugin);
 			deactivate_plugins($plugin);
 			update_option('recently_activated', array($plugin => time()) + (array)get_option('recently_activated'));
@@ -95,6 +110,9 @@
 			exit;
 			break;
 		case 'deactivate-selected':
+			if ( ! current_user_can('activate_plugins') )
+				wp_die(__('You do not have sufficient permissions to deactivate plugins for this blog.'));
+
 			check_admin_referer('bulk-manage-plugins');
 
 			$plugins = (array) $_POST['checked'];
diff --git a/wp-admin/themes.php b/wp-admin/themes.php
index f008307ebba4..7ff6cb4a7e13 100644
--- a/wp-admin/themes.php
+++ b/wp-admin/themes.php
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 /** WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
 require_once('admin.php');
 
+if ( !current_user_can('switch_themes') )
+	wp_die( __( 'Cheatin’ uh?' ) );
+
 if ( isset($_GET['action']) ) {
 	if ( 'activate' == $_GET['action'] ) {
 		check_admin_referer('switch-theme_' . $_GET['template']);
diff --git a/wp-includes/vars.php b/wp-includes/vars.php
index 232385da6449..b66b31311bf3 100644
--- a/wp-includes/vars.php
+++ b/wp-includes/vars.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 	// wp-admin pages are checked more carefully
 	preg_match('#/wp-admin/?(.*?)$#i', $PHP_SELF, $self_matches);
 	$pagenow = $self_matches[1];
+	$pagenow = trim($pagenow, '/');
 	$pagenow = preg_replace('#\?.*?$#', '', $pagenow);
 	if ( '' === $pagenow || 'index' === $pagenow || 'index.php' === $pagenow ) {
 		$pagenow = 'index.php';