diff -upk.orig cvs-1.11.20.orig/src/mkmodules.c cvs-1.11.20/src/mkmodules.c
--- cvs-1.11.20.orig/src/mkmodules.c	2005-03-17 16:32:05 +0000
+++ cvs-1.11.20/src/mkmodules.c	2005-09-28 23:12:46 +0000
@@ -742,10 +742,6 @@ rename_dbmfile (temp)
     (void) sprintf (newpag, "%s.pag", temp);
     (void) sprintf (newdb, "%s.db", temp);
 
-    (void) chmod (newdir, 0666);
-    (void) chmod (newpag, 0666);
-    (void) chmod (newdb, 0666);
-
     /* don't mess with me */
     SIG_beginCrSect ();
 
@@ -966,11 +962,6 @@ init (argc, argv)
 	fp = open_file (info, "w");
 	if (fclose (fp) < 0)
 	    error (1, errno, "cannot close %s", info);
- 
-        /* Make the new history file world-writeable, since every CVS
-           user will need to be able to write to it.  We use chmod()
-           because xchmod() is too shy. */
-        chmod (info, 0666);
     }
 
     /* Make an empty val-tags file to prevent problems creating it later.  */
@@ -984,11 +975,6 @@ init (argc, argv)
 	fp = open_file (info, "w");
 	if (fclose (fp) < 0)
 	    error (1, errno, "cannot close %s", info);
- 
-        /* Make the new val-tags file world-writeable, since every CVS
-           user will need to be able to write to it.  We use chmod()
-           because xchmod() is too shy. */
-        chmod (info, 0666);
     }
 
     free (info);