diff -urN audit/src/auditd-event.c audit-1.6.3/src/auditd-event.c
--- audit/src/auditd-event.c	2007-12-26 21:13:24.000000000 +0100
+++ audit-1.6.3/src/auditd-event.c	2007-12-29 01:13:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -742,8 +742,6 @@
 			return 1;
 		}
 	}
-	fchmod(data->log_fd, 
-			data->config->log_group ? S_IRUSR|S_IRGRP : S_IRUSR);
 	fchown(lfd, 0, data->config->log_group);
 
 	data->log_fd = lfd;