Index: ddclient
--- ddclient.orig
+++ ddclient
@@ -1163,16 +1163,6 @@ sub _read_config {
 	# fatal("Cannot open file '%s'. ($!)", $file);
 	warning("Cannot open file '%s'. ($!)", $file);
     }
-    # Check for only owner has any access to config file
-    my ($dev, $ino, $mode, @statrest) = stat(FD);
-    if ($mode & 077) {                          
-	if (-f FD && (chmod 0600, $file)) {
-	    warning("file $file must be accessible only by its owner (fixed).");
-	} else {
-	    # fatal("file $file must be accessible only by its owner.");
-	    warning("file $file must be accessible only by its owner.");
-	}
-    }
 
     local $lineno       = 0;
     my    $continuation = '';