diff -upk.orig sysklogd-1.4.2.orig/syslogd.c sysklogd-1.4.2/syslogd.c
--- sysklogd-1.4.2.orig/syslogd.c	2005-08-18 13:24:31 +0000
+++ sysklogd-1.4.2/syslogd.c	2005-08-18 13:28:44 +0000
@@ -2744,7 +2744,7 @@ void cfline(line, f)
 			f->f_type = F_PIPE;
 	        } else {
 			f->f_file = open(p, O_WRONLY|O_APPEND|O_CREAT|O_NOCTTY,
-					 0644);
+					 0600);
 			f->f_type = F_FILE;
 		}