diff -Naupr glusterfs-1.3.7.orig/xlators/protocol/server/src/server-protocol.c glusterfs-1.3.7/xlators/protocol/server/src/server-protocol.c
--- glusterfs-1.3.7.orig/xlators/protocol/server/src/server-protocol.c	2007-10-16 09:37:00.000000000 +0200
+++ glusterfs-1.3.7/xlators/protocol/server/src/server-protocol.c	2007-11-26 11:49:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -4930,7 +4930,7 @@ mop_setspec (call_frame_t *frame,
     goto fail;
   }
   
-  ret = open (GLUSTERFSD_SPEC_PATH, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_SYNC);
+  ret = open (GLUSTERFSD_SPEC_PATH, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_SYNC, 0644);
   spec_fd = ret;
   if (spec_fd < 0){
     remote_errno = errno;