Index: transcalc-0.14/src/transcalc.c =================================================================== --- transcalc-0.14.orig/src/transcalc.c 2009-05-19 22:00:01.000000000 -0400 +++ transcalc-0.14/src/transcalc.c 2009-05-19 22:01:22.000000000 -0400 @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ /* see if config file exists */ if (stat (config_filename, config_file_stat) != 0) { /* config file missing, so touch it */ - config_file_fd = open (config_filename, O_CREAT); + config_file_fd = open (config_filename, O_CREAT, 0644); if (config_file_fd == -1) { perror ("open[config_file]");