diff -ru openrc-0.4.1-orig/src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c openrc-0.4.1-modified/src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c
--- openrc-0.4.1-orig/src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c	2008-12-23 05:45:41.000000000 -0500
+++ openrc-0.4.1-modified/src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c	2009-02-10 16:30:19.000000000 -0500
@@ -1037,6 +1037,8 @@
 		pid_t mypid = getpid();
 		if (setumask)
 			umask(numask);
+		else
+			umask(022);
 
 #ifdef TIOCNOTTY
 		tty_fd = open("/dev/tty", O_RDWR);
@@ -1170,8 +1172,6 @@
 			setenv("PATH", newpath, 1);
 		}
 
-		umask(022);
-
 		stdout_fd = devnull_fd;
 		stderr_fd = devnull_fd;
 		if (redirect_stdout) {