diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/init_xcatdb b/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/init_xcatdb
index 833f41eef..41fc9cf4f 100644
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/init_xcatdb
+++ b/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/init_xcatdb
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ sub init_db
         if ($dbinfo)
         {
             `echo  "$dbinfo"  > /etc/xcat/cfgloc`;
+			 chmod 0600,"/etc/xcat/cfgloc";
         }
         else
         {