--- snort-2.6.1.4/src/preprocessors/flow/portscan/server_stats.c.orig	2006-05-24 18:06:57.000000000 +0200
+++ snort-2.6.1.4/src/preprocessors/flow/portscan/server_stats.c.orig	2009-03-01 07:57:10.000000000 +0100
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ 
 
     /* open this description, create it if necessary, always wait on
      * sync to disk w/ every write, only write */
-    fd = open(filename, O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_SYNC|O_WRONLY);
+    fd = open(filename, O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_SYNC|O_WRONLY,S_IRWXU);
 
     if(fd < 0)
     {