diff --git a/src/etc/Makefile b/src/etc/Makefile
index ca39e4f6..e5087d0f 100644
--- a/src/etc/Makefile
+++ b/src/etc/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.171 2002/09/06 21:30:22 deraadt Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.172 2002/11/07 23:43:40 pvalchev Exp $
 
 TZDIR=		/usr/share/zoneinfo
 LOCALTIME=	US/Pacific
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ distribution-etc-root-var: distrib-dirs
 		${DESTDIR}/var/log/lpd-errs
 	${INSTALL} -c -o ${BINOWN} -g wheel -m 600 /dev/null \
 		${DESTDIR}/var/log/maillog
-	${INSTALL} -c -o ${BINOWN} -g wheel -m 640 /dev/null \
+	${INSTALL} -c -o ${BINOWN} -g wheel -m 644 /dev/null \
 		${DESTDIR}/var/log/messages
 	${INSTALL} -c -o ${BINOWN} -g wheel -m 600 /dev/null \
 		${DESTDIR}/var/log/secure
diff --git a/src/etc/newsyslog.conf b/src/etc/newsyslog.conf
index 5e4beeec..873714e1 100644
--- a/src/etc/newsyslog.conf
+++ b/src/etc/newsyslog.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: newsyslog.conf,v 1.19 2002/11/07 23:20:24 pvalchev Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: newsyslog.conf,v 1.20 2002/11/07 23:43:40 pvalchev Exp $
 #
 # configuration file for newsyslog
 #
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 /var/log/daemon				640  5    30   *     Z
 /var/log/lpd-errs			640  7    10   *     Z
 /var/log/maillog			600  7    *    24    Z
-/var/log/messages			640  5    30   *     Z
+/var/log/messages			644  5    30   *     Z
 /var/log/secure				600  7    *    168   Z
 /var/log/wtmp				644  7    *    168   ZB
 /var/log/xferlog			640  7    250  *     Z