diff -up gnome-settings-daemon-2.24.1/gnome-settings-daemon/main.c.umask gnome-settings-daemon-2.24.1/gnome-settings-daemon/main.c
--- gnome-settings-daemon-2.24.1/gnome-settings-daemon/main.c.umask	2008-12-07 03:55:58.000000000 -0500
+++ gnome-settings-daemon-2.24.1/gnome-settings-daemon/main.c	2008-12-07 03:56:04.000000000 -0500
@@ -296,7 +296,6 @@ daemon_detach (void)
 
         /* get outta the way */
         chdir ("/");
-        umask (0117);
 }
 
 static void