--- src/io.c.org	2009-02-24 09:38:27.000000000 +0100
+++ src/io.c	2009-02-24 09:45:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -1903,7 +1903,8 @@
 	}
 
 	strcpy(str,"");
-	fgets(str,MAXLINE,fpin); 
+	if (fgets(str,MAXLINE,fpin) == NULL)
+                g_error("fgets error\n");
 
         if (pclose(fpin) == -1) {
                 g_error("pclose error\n");
@@ -4720,7 +4721,7 @@
 	dolog(3, "Saving extended output to %s\n", fname);
 
 	/* write to file */
-	fd = open(fname,O_WRONLY | O_CREAT);
+	fd = open(fname, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		g_warning("Can't open file %s for writing\n",fname);
 		return 1;