--- fetchmail-5.9.11/options.c.nopermcheck	Sun Sep 30 18:30:51 2001
+++ fetchmail-5.9.11/options.c	Sun May 19 21:09:38 2002
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 #define LA_SSLFINGERPRINT	60
 #endif
 
+#define LA_NOPERMCHECK	61
 
 /* options still left: CDgGhHjJoORwWxXYz */
 static const char *shortoptions = 
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@
   {"syslog",	no_argument,	   (int *) 0, LA_SYSLOG      },
   {"nosyslog",	no_argument,	   (int *) 0, LA_NOSYSLOG    },
   {"fetchmailrc",required_argument,(int *) 0, LA_RCFILE      },
+  {"nopermcheck",no_argument,	   (int *) 0, LA_NOPERMCHECK },
   {"idfile",	required_argument, (int *) 0, LA_IDFILE      },
   {"postmaster",required_argument, (int *) 0, LA_POSTMASTER  },
   {"nobounce",  no_argument,       (int *) 0, LA_NOBOUNCE    },
@@ -283,6 +285,7 @@
 	case 'V':
 	case LA_VERSION:
 	    versioninfo = TRUE;
+	    permcheck = FALSE;
 	    break;
 	case 'c':
 	case LA_CHECK:
@@ -324,6 +327,9 @@
 	case 'f':
 	case LA_RCFILE:
 	    rcfile = (char *) xstrdup(optarg);
+	    break;
+	case LA_NOPERMCHECK:
+	    permcheck = FALSE;
 	    break;
 	case 'i':
 	case LA_IDFILE:
--- fetchmail-5.9.11/fetchmail.h.nopermcheck	Mon Apr  1 11:55:07 2002
+++ fetchmail-5.9.11/fetchmail.h	Sun May 19 21:09:38 2002
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@
 extern char *rcfile;		/* path name of rc file */
 extern int linelimit;		/* limit # lines retrieved per site */
 extern flag versioninfo;	/* emit only version info */
+extern flag permcheck;	        /* perform permission checks on files */
 extern char *user;		/* name of invoking user */
 extern char *home;		/* home directory of invoking user */
 extern char *fmhome;		/* fetchmail home directory */
--- fetchmail-5.9.11/fetchmail.c.nopermcheck	Sun Mar 10 22:50:20 2002
+++ fetchmail-5.9.11/fetchmail.c	Sun May 19 21:14:13 2002
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 flag quitmode;		    /* if --quit was set */
 flag check_only;	    /* if --probe was set */
 flag versioninfo;	    /* emit only version info */
+flag permcheck = TRUE;      /* perform permission checks on files */
 char *user;		    /* the name of the invoking user */
 char *home;		    /* invoking user's home directory */
 char *fmhome;		    /* fetchmail's home directory */
@@ -886,7 +887,7 @@
 	report(stderr, GT_("couldn't time-check the run-control file\n"));
 
     /* this builds the host list */
-    if ((st = prc_parse_file(rcfile, !versioninfo)) != 0)
+    if ((st = prc_parse_file(rcfile, permcheck)) != 0)
 	/*
 	 * FIXME: someday, send notification mail here if backgrounded.
 	 * Right now, that can happen if the user changes the rcfile
@@ -1152,7 +1153,7 @@
 
 #ifdef POP3_ENABLE
     /* initialize UID handling */
-    if (!versioninfo && (st = prc_filecheck(run.idfile, !versioninfo)) != 0)
+    if (!versioninfo && (st = prc_filecheck(run.idfile, TRUE)) != 0)
 	exit(st);
     else
 	initialize_saved_lists(querylist, run.idfile);