diff -ur nano-1.3.3/src/files.c nano-1.3.3-fixed/src/files.c
--- nano-1.3.3/src/files.c	2004-06-21 23:03:00.000000000 -0400
+++ nano-1.3.3-fixed/src/files.c	2004-07-06 09:58:56.000000000 -0400
@@ -1619,7 +1619,7 @@
      * is now copied from joe, because wiggy says so *shrug*. */
     fd = open(realname, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT |
 	(append == 1 ? O_APPEND : (tmp ? O_EXCL : O_TRUNC)),
-	S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+	S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH);
 
     /* Put the umask back to the user's original value. */
     umask(original_umask);