diff -Naur cups-1.2.1.old/cups/usersys.c cups-1.2.1/cups/usersys.c
--- cups-1.2.1.old/cups/usersys.c	2006-02-26 07:10:27 +0300
+++ cups-1.2.1/cups/usersys.c	2006-05-24 16:23:57 +0400
@@ -162,6 +162,26 @@
   _cupsGlobals()->encryption = e;
 }
 
+static
+int socket_access(const char* name)
+{
+	struct sockaddr_un s_un;
+	int sock = -1;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	bzero(&s_un, sizeof(s_un));
+
+	strncpy(s_un.sun_path, name,sizeof s_un.sun_path);
+	s_un.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+
+	if (((sock = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) > 0) &&
+	    (connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&s_un,SUN_LEN(&s_un)) == 0))
+	       ret = 1;
+	
+	if (sock >= 0) close(sock);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 
 /*
  * 'cupsServer()' - Return the hostname/address of the default server.
@@ -209,8 +229,9 @@
       * domain socket if it exists and has the right permissions...
       */
 
-      if (!stat(CUPS_DEFAULT_DOMAINSOCKET, &sockinfo) &&
-          (sockinfo.st_mode & S_IRWXO) == S_IRWXO)
+//      if (!stat(CUPS_DEFAULT_DOMAINSOCKET, &sockinfo) &&
+//          (sockinfo.st_mode & S_IRWXO) == S_IRWXO)
+      if (socket_access(CUPS_DEFAULT_DOMAINSOCKET))
         server = CUPS_DEFAULT_DOMAINSOCKET;
       else
 #endif /* CUPS_DEFAULT_DOMAINSOCKET */
diff -Naur cups-1.2.1.old/scheduler/listen.c cups-1.2.1/scheduler/listen.c
--- cups-1.2.1.old/scheduler/listen.c	2006-02-06 05:57:43 +0300
+++ cups-1.2.1/scheduler/listen.c	2006-05-24 16:25:37 +0400
@@ -320,7 +320,12 @@
       cupsdLogMessage(CUPSD_LOG_INFO, "Listening to %s on fd %d...",
         	      s, lis->fd);
 
-      if (chmod(s, 0140777))
+//      if (chmod(s, 0140777))
+      if (chmod(s, 0770))
+	cupsdLogMessage(CUPSD_LOG_ERROR,
+			"Unable to change permisssions on domain socket "
+			"\"%s\" - %s", s, strerror(errno));
+      if (chown(s, 0,Group))
 	cupsdLogMessage(CUPSD_LOG_ERROR,
 			"Unable to change permisssions on domain socket "
 			"\"%s\" - %s", s, strerror(errno));