--- perl-5.8.0/lib/File/Path.pm.chmod    2004-11-23 10:41:57.594065752 -0500
+++ perl-5.8.0/lib/File/Path.pm    2004-11-23 10:43:41.453380351 -0500
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
         # it's also intended to change it to writable in case we have
         # to recurse in which case we are better than rm -rf for
         # subtrees with strange permissions
-        chmod(0777, ($Is_VMS ? VMS::Filespec::fileify($root) : $root))
+        chmod(0700, ($Is_VMS ? VMS::Filespec::fileify($root) : $root))
           or carp "Can't make directory $root read+writeable: $!"
         unless $safe;

@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
         print "skipped $root\n" if $verbose;
         next;
         }
-        chmod 0777, $root
+        chmod 0700, $root
           or carp "Can't make directory $root writeable: $!"
         if $force_writeable;
         print "rmdir $root\n" if $verbose;
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
         print "skipped $root\n" if $verbose;
         next;
         }
-        chmod 0666, $root
+        chmod 0600, $root
           or carp "Can't make file $root writeable: $!"
         if $force_writeable;
         print "unlink $root\n" if $verbose;