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diff --git a/src/share/common b/src/share/common
index 8e2232d..37e31a1 100644
--- a/src/share/common
+++ b/src/share/common
@@ -896,10 +896,13 @@ update_known_hosts() {
 
     # touch the known_hosts file so that the file permission check
     # below won't fail upon not finding the file
-    (umask 0022 && touch "$KNOWN_HOSTS")
+    if [ ! -f "$KNOWN_HOSTS" ]; then
+	[ -d $(dirname "$KNOWN_HOSTS") ] || mkdir -m 0700 $(dirname "$KNOWN_HOSTS") || failure "Could not create path to known_hosts file '$KNOWN_HOSTS'"
+	touch "$KNOWN_HOSTS" || failure "Unable to create known_hosts file '$KNOWN_HOSTS'"
+    fi
 
     # check permissions on the known_hosts file path
-    check_key_file_permissions $(whoami) "$KNOWN_HOSTS" || failure
+    check_key_file_permissions $(whoami) "$KNOWN_HOSTS" || failure "Bad permissions governing known_hosts file '$KNOWN_HOSTS'"
 
     # create a lockfile on known_hosts:
     lock create "$KNOWN_HOSTS"