--- minicom-2.2/src/config.c.umask	2006-04-02 11:52:30.000000000 +0200
+++ minicom-2.2/src/config.c	2007-03-09 13:09:21.000000000 +0100
@@ -1248,6 +1248,7 @@
     }
     writepars(fp, 1);
     fclose(fp);
+    chmod( parfile, (mode_t) 0644 );
     werror(_("Configuration saved"));
   } else {
     /* Mortals save their own configuration */