int fd;
        sprintf(lk->filename, "%s.lock", path);
        fd = open(lk->filename, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0666);
-       if (fd >=0 && !lk->next) {
-               lk->next = lock_file_list;
-               lock_file_list = lk;
-               signal(SIGINT, remove_lock_file_on_signal);
-               atexit(remove_lock_file);
+       if (0 <= fd) {
+               if (!lk->next) {
+                       lk->next = lock_file_list;
+                       lock_file_list = lk;
+                       signal(SIGINT, remove_lock_file_on_signal);
+                       atexit(remove_lock_file);
+               }
+               if (adjust_shared_perm(lk->filename))
+                       return error("cannot fix permission bits on %s",
+                                    lk->filename);
        }
        return fd;
 }