permissions to read .rhosts?

[carl at bl.echidna.id.au]

I know I shouldn't :)

But, I have a requirement for a group writable home directory that has a
.rhosts file that I want OpenSSH to be able to use.

When I set the group writable permissions for the directory, OpenSSH
rejects the .rhosts file as it doesn't like the permissions.

Is there a workaround or an option to control this, I don't want to
hack the source unless I absolutely have to!

Thanks

Carl