Index: netwatch.c
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--- netwatch.c
+++ netwatch.c	2008-09-07 01:02:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -2713,7 +2713,7 @@
       work->plog = open (nam, O_APPEND | O_WRONLY);
       if (work->plog < 0)
       {
-	work->plog = open (nam, O_APPEND | O_CREAT | O_WRONLY);
+	work->plog = open (nam, O_APPEND | O_CREAT | O_WRONLY, S_IRWXU);
 	st = write (work->plog, &starttime, sizeof (starttime));
 	st = write (work->plog, &simmagic, sizeof (simmagic));
       }