My host's server chmod all new files and folders
644. This is a problem for new data base files for private messages..

Right now theres nothing in the private.pl or anywhere else that will change the chmod.

I have manually changed them, but the server is running a cron and for some reason sometimes they are changing back to 644... my host says its not the server doing it & theres nothing he can do.

Is there a way I can have the cgi chmod these files?

Yes you sould write a small cgi or shell script to execute a chmod command and run it as a cron job every X minutes/hours, its ugly but it should work.

That must suck, Anyway won't the CHmod stay the same when you CHmod the file through your FTP?