diff --git a/src/etc/Makefile b/src/etc/Makefile
index 6a3820f3..76ef5a34 100644
--- a/src/etc/Makefile
+++ b/src/etc/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.109 2000/04/25 20:52:47 jakob Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.110 2000/04/25 21:17:29 jakob Exp $
 
 TZDIR=		/usr/share/zoneinfo
 LOCALTIME=	US/Pacific
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ distribution-etc-root-var: distrib-dirs
 		    ${DESTDIR}/etc/skel/.mailrc; \
 		${INSTALL} -c -o root -g wheel -m 644 dot.profile \
 		    ${DESTDIR}/etc/skel/.profile; \
-		${INSTALL} -c -o root -g wheel -m 644 dot.rhosts \
+		${INSTALL} -c -o root -g wheel -m 600 dot.rhosts \
 		    ${DESTDIR}/etc/skel/.rhosts)
 	(cd kerberosIV; \
 		${INSTALL} -c -o root -g wheel -m 644 README \