diff -Naur gpart-0.1h-orig/src/gpart.c gpart-0.1h/src/gpart.c
--- gpart-0.1h-orig/src/gpart.c	2001-02-07 20:08:08 +0200
+++ gpart-0.1h/src/gpart.c	2008-11-05 17:55:22 +0200
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@
 {
 	int		fd, ret = 0;
 
-	if ((fd = open(bfile,O_WRONLY|O_CREAT)) < 0)
+	if ((fd = open(bfile,O_WRONLY|O_CREAT,0600)) < 0)
 		return (ret);
 
 	if (write(fd,d->d_pt.t_boot,512) == 512)