diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 5589039abb..55b8103b92 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -7591,3 +7591,18 @@ Charlie 31 July 2007
     
     api/
         x_opengl.C
+
+David  1 Aug 2007
+    - feeder: created shared mem seg with 0666 rather than 0660.
+        In principle 0660 should work (assuming apache belongs to admin group)
+        but apparently on some Linux systems it doesn't,
+        and the feeder gets "can't attach to shared mem" errors.
+    - scheduler: print uid/gid info if can't attach to shared mem
+    - user web: fix bug in team founder transfer form
+
+    sched/
+        main.C
+    html/user/
+        team_founder_transfer_form.php
+    lib/
+        shmem.C
diff --git a/html/user/team_founder_transfer_form.php b/html/user/team_founder_transfer_form.php
index 505797c818..1081f79684 100644
--- a/html/user/team_founder_transfer_form.php
+++ b/html/user/team_founder_transfer_form.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if (new_transfer_request_ok($team, $now)) {
             echo "<p>You have already requested to take over the founder
                 position of $team->name.
             ";
-            if (transfer_ok($team, $now) {
+            if (transfer_ok($team, $now)) {
                 echo "<form method=\"post\" action=\"team_founder_transfer_action.php\">
                     <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"action\" value=\"transfer\">
                     <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Complete team founder transfer\">
diff --git a/lib/shmem.C b/lib/shmem.C
index c8e8bac59a..3648b908e8 100755
--- a/lib/shmem.C
+++ b/lib/shmem.C
@@ -162,15 +162,19 @@ int detach_shmem(void* p) {
 int create_shmem(key_t key, int size, gid_t gid, void** pp) {
     int id;
     
-    // try 0660, then SHM_R|SHM_W
+    // try 0666, then SHM_R|SHM_W
     // seems like some platforms require one or the other
     // (this may be superstition)
     //
-#ifdef EINSTEIN_AT_HOME
+    // NOTE: in principle it should be 0660, not 0666
+    // (i.e. Apache should belong to the same group as the
+    // project admin user, and should therefore be able to access the seg.
+    // However, this doesn't seem to work on some Linux systems.
+    // I don't have time to figure this out (31 July 07)
+    // it's a big headache for anyone it affects,
+    // and it's not a significant security issue.
+    //
     id = shmget(key, size, IPC_CREAT|0666);
-#else
-    id = shmget(key, size, IPC_CREAT|0660);
-#endif
     if (id < 0) {
         id = shmget(key, size, IPC_CREAT|SHM_R|SHM_W);
     }
diff --git a/sched/main.C b/sched/main.C
index 9e630cc13f..14a17291c1 100644
--- a/sched/main.C
+++ b/sched/main.C
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ void attach_to_feeder_shmem() {
             "Can't attach shmem: %d (feeder not running?)\n",
             retval
         );
+        log_messages.printf(SCHED_MSG_LOG::MSG_CRITICAL,
+            "uid %d euid %d gid %d eguid%d\n",
+            getuid(), geteuid(), getgid(), getegid()
+        );
     } else {
         ssp = (SCHED_SHMEM*)p;
         retval = ssp->verify();