diff -uNrb monit-2.5.orig/monitor.c monit-2.5/monitor.c
--- monit-2.5.orig/monitor.c	Thu Jul 11 09:34:34 2002
+++ monit-2.5/monitor.c	Wed Aug  7 15:40:53 2002
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@
   signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 
   /*
+   * Save the umask so that we can restore it later.
+   */
+  Run.umask = umask(0);
+  (void) umask(Run.umask);
+
+  /*
    * Initialize the Runtime mutex. This mutex
    * is used to synchronize handling of global
    * process data
diff -uNrb monit-2.5.orig/monitor.h.in monit-2.5/monitor.h.in
--- monit-2.5.orig/monitor.h.in	Fri Jul 12 05:08:42 2002
+++ monit-2.5/monitor.h.in	Wed Aug  7 15:07:00 2002
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
   } MailFormat;
                                           
   pthread_mutex_t mutex;    /**< Mutex used for process data synchronization */
-
+  mode_t umask;						  /**< Initial umask */
 };
 
 /** Defines a port object */
diff -uNrb monit-2.5.orig/spawn.c monit-2.5/spawn.c
--- monit-2.5.orig/spawn.c	Thu Jul 11 00:37:37 2002
+++ monit-2.5/spawn.c	Wed Aug  7 15:43:23 2002
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@
        */
       fd_to_wonderland();
    
+      /*
+       * Restore umask just before exec.
+       */
+      (void) umask(Run.umask);
+ 
       /* Garbage collect */
       do_free();