Index: gbde.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /private/FreeBSD/src/sbin/gbde/gbde.c,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -p -r1.25 gbde.c
--- gbde.c	10 Sep 2004 12:16:54 -0000	1.25
+++ gbde.c	3 Feb 2005 10:42:12 -0000
@@ -799,13 +799,13 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 
 	if (doopen) {
-		dfd = open(dest, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0644);
-		if (dfd < 0) {
+		dfd = open(dest, O_RDWR);
+		if (dfd < 0 && strncmp(dest, _PATH_DEV, strlen(_PATH_DEV))) {
 			if (snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s%s",
 			    _PATH_DEV, dest) >= (ssize_t)sizeof(buf))
 				errno = ENAMETOOLONG;
 			else
-				dfd = open(buf, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0644);
+				dfd = open(buf, O_RDWR);
 		}
 		if (dfd < 0)
 			err(1, "%s", dest);