diff -Nurb snort-2.3.0/src/util.c snort-2.3.0.new/src/util.c
--- snort-2.3.0/src/util.c	2005-01-13 20:36:20.000000000 +0000
+++ snort-2.3.0.new/src/util.c	2005-01-31 16:07:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -907,6 +907,7 @@
         LogMessage("Writing PID \"%d\" to file \"%s\"\n", pid, pv.pid_filename);
         fprintf(pid_file, "%d\n", pid);
         fflush(pid_file);
+        chmod(pv.pid_filename, 0644);
     }
     else
     {