@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ int localserver(const struct optstruct *opts)

         if (stat(sockdir, &sb)) {

             if (errno == ENOENT) {

+                mode_t old_umask;

                 mode_t sock_mode;

                 if (optget(opts, "LocalSocketMode")->enabled) {

                     char *end;

@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ int localserver(const struct optstruct *opts)

                     sock_mode = 0777;

                 }

+                old_umask = umask(0011); /* allow mode 777 for socket directory */

                 if (mkdir(sockdir, sock_mode)) {

                     logg("!LOCAL: Could not create socket directory: %s: %s\n", sockdir, strerror(errno));

                     if (errno == ENOENT) {

@@ -136,6 +138,7 @@ int localserver(const struct optstruct *opts)

                 } else {

                     logg("Localserver: Creating socket directory: %s\n", sockdir);

                 }

+                umask(old_umask); /* restore umask */

             }

         }

         free(sockdir);