<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div>Hi Russ,</div><div><br></div><div>I think your suggested patch with access(R_OK) is fine, and the right thing to do for our users. It takes into account how permissions are set in current usages, and gives a useful log message in case there is a problem with the private key.</div><div>Thanks for it,</div><div><br></div>-- <div>Julien</div><div></div></body></html>