Index: makefile.in
@@ -433,7 +433,9 @@
 	else \
 		cp $(srcdir)/lynx.cfg $(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.tmp ; \
 	fi'
-	@echo Updating $(sysconfdir)/lynx.cfg to point to installed help-files
+	@echo Updating $(srcdir)/lynx.cfg.sample
+	@cp $(srcdir)/lynx.cfg $(srcdir)/lynx.tmp
+	@echo Updating $(srcdir)/lynx.cfg.sample to point to installed help-files
 	@ECHO_CC@sed	-e '/^HELPFILE:http/s!^!#!' \
 		-e '/^#HELPFILE:file/s!#!!' \
 		$(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.tmp | \
@@ -441,9 +443,11 @@
 	$(SHELL) $(scripts_dir)/cfg_path.sh lynx_doc  $(helpdir) | \
 	sed	-e '/^HELPFILE:file/s!$$!$(COMPRESS_EXT)!' \
 		-e '/^HELPFILE:file/s!$(COMPRESS_EXT)$(COMPRESS_EXT)$$!$(COMPRESS_EXT)!' \
-		>$(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.cfg
-	chmod 644 $(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.cfg
+		>$(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.cfg.sample
+	chmod 644 $(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.cfg.sample
 	-rm -f $(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.tmp
+	-[ ! -f $(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.cfg ] && $(INSTALL_DATA) $(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.cfg.sample $(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.cfg
+	-[ ! -f $(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.lss ] && $(INSTALL_DATA) $(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.lss.sample $(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.lss
 
 LYHelp.h : help_files.sed $(srcdir)/LYHelp.hin
 	@echo Creating $@
@@ -465,17 +469,17 @@
 	$(SHELL) -c 'SHELL=$(SHELL) $(SHELL) $(scripts_dir)/cfg_defs.sh $(srcdir)'
 
 install-cfg : $(SYSCONFDIR)
-	@$(SHELL) $(scripts_dir)/install-cfg.sh "$(INSTALL_DATA)" $(srcdir)/lynx.cfg $(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.cfg
+	@$(SHELL) $(scripts_dir)/install-cfg.sh "$(INSTALL) -m 644" $(srcdir)/lynx.cfg $(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.cfg.sample
 
 install-lss : $(SYSCONFDIR)
-	@$(SHELL) $(scripts_dir)/install-lss.sh "$(INSTALL_DATA)" $(srcdir)/samples/lynx.lss $(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.lss
+	@$(SHELL) $(scripts_dir)/install-lss.sh "$(INSTALL_DATA)" $(srcdir)/samples/lynx.lss $(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.lss.sample
 
 uninstall ::
 @MSG_DIR_MAKE@	cd $(PO_DIR) && $(MAKE_RECUR) uninstall
 	-rm -f $(BINDIR)/$(binary_PROG)
 	-rm -f $(MANDIR)/$(actual_PROG).1
-	-rm -f $(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.cfg
-	-rm -f $(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.lss
+	-rm -f $(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.cfg.sample
+	-rm -f $(SYSCONFDIR)/lynx.lss.sample
 
 uninstall \
 uninstall-help ::
