File upload & restrictive permissions

Recently I had a problem with file uploading on a server I use, and the problem was that the tmp/ directory was not set. Now that it has been set, the images do upload, but the file permissions end up being very restrictive - something like (-rw-------) - so the images obviously do not show up on the web. I know I could login and chmod tihs, but since we have clients upload their own images, it goes without saying that this would be a major inconvenience. Our sysadmin, who is relatively clueless, suggested that I add a php chmod function to my scripts. I suppose this would work, but I don't understand why my scripts once worked without this function - the files uploaded and were web-viewable. I checked both the target directory and tmp/ directory, and both are fit for web viewing. Any ideas as to how I could fix this? Thanks... ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.phreshdesign.com