--- archive2.pl	Mon Jan  3 14:35:32 2000
+++ archive2.pl.new	Mon Jan  3 14:36:16 2000
@@ -54,10 +54,23 @@
     shift(@ARGV);
     shift(@ARGV);
 }
-if (! -r $cf) {
-    die("$cf not readable; stopped");
+
+if (not sysopen CONFIG,$cf,O_RDONLY)
+{
+  die sprintf qq|Unable to sysopen config file "$cf"%s.\n|,$! ? ": $!" : '';
 }
-require "$cf";
+elsif ((stat CONFIG)[4] != $>)
+{
+  die qq|Config file "$cf" not owned by effective UID.\n|;
+}
+elsif (eval(join '',<CONFIG>),$@)
+{
+  die qq|Unable to eval "$cf": $@.\n|;
+}
+else
+{
+  close CONFIG;
+}

 # All these should be in the standard PERL library
 unshift(@INC, $homedir);
--- bounce-remind	Mon Jan  3 14:35:32 2000
+++ bounce-remind.new	Mon Jan  3 14:38:16 2000
@@ -24,10 +24,23 @@
     shift(@ARGV);
     shift(@ARGV);
 }
-if (! -r $cf) {
-    die("$cf not readable; stopped");
+
+if (not sysopen CONFIG,$cf,O_RDONLY)
+{
+  die sprintf qq|Unable to sysopen config file "$cf"%s.\n|,$! ? ": $!" : '';
 }
-require "$cf";
+elsif ((stat CONFIG)[4] != $>)
+{
+  die qq|Config file "$cf" not owned by effective UID.\n|;
+}
+elsif (eval(join '',<CONFIG>),$@)
+{
+  die qq|Unable to eval "$cf": $@.\n|;
+}
+else
+{
+  close CONFIG;
+}

 # Go to the home directory specified by the .cf file
 chdir("$homedir");
--- config-test.orig	Wed Aug 27 08:17:13 1997
+++ config-test	Wed Jan  5 01:41:37 2000
@@ -119,10 +119,21 @@
 
 $cf = $ARGV[0] || $ENV{'MAJORDOMO_CF'};
 
-if (eval "require '$cf'") { 
-    &good("'require'd $cf okay.");    
-} else {
-    &bad("something's wrong with $cf: $@");
+if (not sysopen CONFIG,$cf,O_RDONLY)
+{
+  die sprintf qq|Unable to sysopen config file "$cf"%s.\n|,$! ? ": $!" : '';
+}
+elsif ((stat CONFIG)[4] != $>)
+{
+  die qq|Config file "$cf" not owned by effective UID.\n|;
+}
+elsif (eval(join '',<CONFIG>),$@)
+{
+  die qq|Unable to eval "$cf": $@.\n|;
+}
+else
+{
+  close CONFIG;
 }
 
 foreach (@requires) {
--- digest.orig	Wed Jan  5 01:44:09 2000
+++ digest	Wed Jan  5 01:45:38 2000
@@ -315,7 +315,23 @@
 		# Read and execute the .cf file
 		$cf = $opt_c || $ENV{"MAJORDOMO_CF"} || 
 		    "%%PREFIX%%/majordomo/majordomo.cf";
-		require "$cf";
+
+if (not sysopen CONFIG,$cf,O_RDONLY)
+{
+  die sprintf qq|Unable to sysopen config file "$cf"%s.\n|,$! ? ": $!" : '';
+}
+elsif ((stat CONFIG)[4] != $>)
+{
+  die qq|Config file "$cf" not owned by effective UID.\n|;
+}
+elsif (eval(join '',<CONFIG>),$@)
+{
+  die qq|Unable to eval "$cf": $@.\n|;
+}
+else
+{
+  close CONFIG;
+}
 
 		chdir($homedir);
 
--- majordomo	Mon Jan  3 13:37:13 2000
+++ majordomo.new	Mon Jan  3 14:15:29 2000
@@ -40,11 +40,23 @@
 	die "Unknown argument $ARGV[0]\n";
     }
 }
-if (! -r $cf) {
-    die("$cf not readable; stopped");
-}

-require "$cf";
+if (not sysopen CONFIG,$cf,O_RDONLY)
+{
+  die sprintf qq|Unable to sysopen config file "$cf"%s.\n|,$! ? ": $!" : '';
+}
+elsif ((stat CONFIG)[4] != $>)
+{
+  die qq|Config file "$cf" not owned by effective UID.\n|;
+}
+elsif (eval(join '',<CONFIG>),$@)
+{
+  die qq|Unable to eval "$cf": $@.\n|;
+}
+else
+{
+  close CONFIG;
+}

 # Go to the home directory specified by the .cf file
 chdir("$homedir") || die "chdir to $homedir failed, $!\n";
--- request-answer	Mon Jan  3 14:35:32 2000
+++ request-answer.new	Mon Jan  3 15:09:02 2000
@@ -20,10 +20,23 @@
     shift(@ARGV);
     shift(@ARGV);
 }
-if (! -r $cf) {
-    die("$cf not readable; stopped");
+
+if (not sysopen CONFIG,$cf,O_RDONLY)
+{
+  die sprintf qq|Unable to sysopen config file "$cf"%s.\n|,$! ? ": $!" : '';
 }
-require "$cf";
+elsif ((stat CONFIG)[4] != $>)
+{
+  die qq|Config file "$cf" not owned by effective UID.\n|;
+}
+elsif (eval(join '',<CONFIG>),$@)
+{
+  die qq|Unable to eval "$cf": $@.\n|;
+}
+else
+{
+  close CONFIG;
+}

 chdir($homedir) || die("Can't chdir(\"$homedir\"): $!");
 unshift(@INC, $homedir);
--- resend	Mon Jan  3 15:14:49 2000
+++ resend.new	Mon Jan  3 15:16:01 2000
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 if ($ARGV[0] =~ /^\@/) {
     $fn = shift(@ARGV);
     $fn =~ s/^@//;
-    open(AV, $fn) || die("open(AV, \"$fn\"): $!\nStopped");
+    sysopen(AV, $fn, O_RDONLY) || die("sysopen(AV, \"$fn\", O_RDONLY): $!\nStopped");
     undef($/);	# set input field separator
     $av = <AV>;	# read whole file into string
     close(AV);
@@ -84,11 +84,23 @@
 # Despite not having a place to send the remains of the body,
 # it would be nice to send a message to root or postmaster, at least...
 #
-if (! -r $cf) {
-    die("$cf not readable; stopped");
-}

-require "$cf";
+if (not sysopen CONFIG,$cf,O_RDONLY)
+{
+  die sprintf qq|Unable to sysopen config file "$cf"%s.\n|,$! ? ": $!" : '';
+}
+elsif ((stat CONFIG)[4] != $>)
+{
+  die qq|Config file "$cf" not owned by effective UID.\n|;
+}
+elsif (eval(join '',<CONFIG>),$@)
+{
+  die qq|Unable to eval "$cf": $@.\n|;
+}
+else
+{
+  close CONFIG;
+}

 chdir($homedir) || die("Can't chdir(\"$homedir\"): $!");