Index: trunk/Ohana/src/libdvo/src/dvo_image.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/Ohana/src/libdvo/src/dvo_image.c	(revision 6643)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/libdvo/src/dvo_image.c	(revision 6674)
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 
   /* lock the image catalog */
-  _check_permissions (filename);
+  if (!check_file_access (filename, FALSE, TRUE)) return (FALSE);
 
   db[0].lockstate = lockstate;
Index: trunk/Ohana/src/libdvo/src/skyregion_io.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/Ohana/src/libdvo/src/skyregion_io.c	(revision 6643)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/libdvo/src/skyregion_io.c	(revision 6674)
@@ -89,5 +89,4 @@
   struct stat filestat;
   SkyTable *sky;
-  int status;
 
   /* first option: CATDIR/SkyTable.fits */