--- src/useradd.c	2004-10-24 21:24:33.000000000 +0300
+++ src/useradd.c	2005-05-02 18:25:43.428936664 +0300
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@
 			fail_exit (E_HOMEDIR);
 		}
 		chown (user_home, user_id, user_gid);
-		chmod (user_home, 0777 & ~getdef_num ("UMASK", 022));
+		chmod (user_home, S_IREAD | S_IWRITE | S_IEXEC);
 		home_added++;
 	}
 }