Description of problem:

New Server built with RHEL 3 Update 8
root default umask set to 077 per company security policy

From that point forward, installing a new package that 
modifies /etc/ld.so.conf results in /etc/ld.so.conf being left in mode 600 
rather than preserving the mode of 644. When this happens, without warning, 
users are unable to access /etc/ld.so.conf.

Installing an errata for a package which previously modified /etc/ld.so.conf 
did not switch the mode to 600; preserved it at 644.

Behavior is unexpected and unobvious. May not be restricted to 
just /etc/ld.so.conf.  High risk to any other files modified when a new 
package is installed.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible: 


Steps to Reproduce:
1. set root umask to 077
2. Verify mode of /etc/ld.so.conf to be 644 (anything other than 600)
3. Install a new package the requires modification to /etc/ld.so.conf
  
Actual results:


Expected results:
/etc/ld.so.conf mode changed to 600


Additional info:
both yum or up2date were used and verfied problem on 2 different servers.