umask and CPAN installs

From: JVarsoke (usenet.9.jvarsoke_at_spamgourmet.com)
Date: 02/28/04 

Date: 28 Feb 2004 08:11:59 -0800

The root account on my system has a very strict umask for security
reasons. Normally when I install programs this is not a problem. But
when I use perl -MCPAN to install modules they are always installed
with the umask, and thus nobody can use them except root. Is there a
way to tell CPAN to open the permissions on modules at installation
time? Otherwise I need to hunt around for all the files (.pm and .so)
and chmod 644 them -- which is error prone and annoying.

Any suggestions?

-jason

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