diff --git a/install/dist/lib/fedora.lib.php b/install/dist/lib/fedora.lib.php
index de41ee6fde199e7204a92adddb2187476e002623..5dd2330745dac779f14c090ff511c134f313cb9d 100644
--- a/install/dist/lib/fedora.lib.php
+++ b/install/dist/lib/fedora.lib.php
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ class installer_dist extends installer_base {
 		$content = str_replace('{mysql_server_database}', $conf['mysql']['database'], $content);
 		$content = str_replace('{mysql_server_ip}', $conf['mysql']['ip'], $content);
 		wf("$pam/smtp", $content);
+		// On some OSes smtp is world readable which allows for reading database information.  Removing world readable rights should have no effect.
+		if(is_file("$pam/smtp"))    exec("chmod o= $pam/smtp");
 		//exec("chmod 660 $pam/smtp");
 		//exec("chown root:root $pam/smtp");
 	
diff --git a/install/dist/lib/opensuse.lib.php b/install/dist/lib/opensuse.lib.php
index e7edc37134a631431a93e95081ff94cfcabe22d4..36e9c02e751c3bdef9f8286b48be7833f53cb6ef 100644
--- a/install/dist/lib/opensuse.lib.php
+++ b/install/dist/lib/opensuse.lib.php
@@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ class installer_dist extends installer_base {
 		$content = str_replace('{mysql_server_database}', $conf['mysql']['database'], $content);
 		$content = str_replace('{mysql_server_ip}', $conf['mysql']['ip'], $content);
 		wf("$pam/smtp", $content);
+		// On some OSes smtp is world readable which allows for reading database information.  Removing world readable rights should have no effect.
+		if(is_file("$pam/smtp"))    exec("chmod o= $pam/smtp");
 		//exec("chmod 660 $pam/smtp");
 		//exec("chown root:root $pam/smtp");