--- class.t3lib_div.php	Tue May 11 21:21:10 2004
+++ class.t3lib_div.php.patched	Tue May 11 21:38:09 2004
@@ -2009,13 +2009,19 @@
 	 * @return	boolean		True if the file was successfully opened and written to.
 	 */
 	function writeFile($file,$content)	{
+			// If file already exists before writing, get its permissions
+		if (@is_file($file))	{
+			$perms = octdec(substr(sprintf("%o",fileperms($file)),2));
+		} else	{
+			$perms = octdec($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['BE']['fileCreateMask']);
+		}
 		if($fd = fopen($file,'wb'))	{
 			fwrite( $fd, $content);
 			fclose( $fd );
 
 				// Setting file system mode of file:
 			if (@is_file($file) && TYPO3_OS!='WIN')	{
-				@chmod($file, octdec($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['BE']['fileCreateMask']));		// "@" is there because file is not necessarily OWNED by the user
+				@chmod($file, $perms);		// "@" is there because file is not necessarily OWNED by the user
 			}
 
 			return true;