How do I make rdist change mode of remote file?

[A.V.Raman]

Hello,

I'm using rdist to maintain identical file systems on our two
DEC station 3100s running ULTRIX 4.1.

If a file on the remote machine is identical to the local one in
terms of ftime and fsize, but has a different mode, rdist only
prints out a warning message.

I'd like rdist to change the mode of the file on the remote system
so it is an exact copy of the local file.  How can I do it
automatically?

Thanks for any help.

- Anand