diff -Nurb openswan-2.4.5.old/linux/net/ipsec/ipsec_proc.c openswan-2.4.5/linux/net/ipsec/ipsec_proc.c
--- openswan-2.4.5.old/linux/net/ipsec/ipsec_proc.c	2006-02-13 18:48:12.000000000 +0000
+++ openswan-2.4.5/linux/net/ipsec/ipsec_proc.c	2006-07-19 10:44:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@
 				item = proc_mkdir(it->name, *it->parent);
 				*it->dir = item;
 			} else {
-				item = create_proc_entry(it->name, 0400, *it->parent);
+				item = create_proc_entry(it->name, 0444, *it->parent);
 			}
 			if(item) {
 				item->read_proc  = it->readthing;