diff -up Maelstrom-3.0.6/scores.cpp.foo Maelstrom-3.0.6/scores.cpp
--- Maelstrom-3.0.6/scores.cpp.foo	2007-10-10 16:10:17.000000000 -0400
+++ Maelstrom-3.0.6/scores.cpp	2007-10-10 16:11:33.000000000 -0400
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void GetScoreFile(void)
 #ifdef unix
 	omask=umask(SCORES_PERMMASK);
 #endif
-	f = open(MAELSTROM_SCORES,O_RDWR|O_CREAT);
+	f = open(MAELSTROM_SCORES,O_RDWR|O_CREAT,S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IWGRP | S_IRGRP);
 	if (f == -1)
 		f = open(MAELSTROM_SCORES,O_RDONLY);
 	if (f == -1)