Description of problem: ====================== As non root user , after rebalance process , permissions are changing on root directory Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ============================================================ glusterfs 3.4.0.32rhs How reproducible: ================ reproduced the issue twice Steps to Reproduce: ==================== 1.Create a dist-rep volume and start it 2.Fuse mount the volume and change permissions : mount -t glusterfs 10.70.34.85:/vol4 /mnt/vol4/ chmod 777 /mnt/vol4/ Check permissions before rebalance : ------------------------------------- drwxrwxrwx. 3 root root 46 Sep 8 2013 vol4 3.Log in as non root user (ABC) and create some files for i in {1..100}; do dd if=/dev/urandom of=$i bs=1024 count=1; done 4. Add brick and start rebalance 5. After rebalance is complete , create some more files on the mount point as non root user (ABC) [ABC@RHEL6 vol4]$ for i in {101..110}; do dd if=/dev/urandom of=$i bs=1024 count=1; done dd: opening `101': Permission denied dd: opening `102': Permission denied dd: opening `103': Permission denied dd: opening `104': Permission denied dd: opening `105': Permission denied dd: opening `106': Permission denied dd: opening `107': Permission denied dd: opening `108': Permission denied dd: opening `109': Permission denied dd: opening `110': Permission denied Check permissions after rebalance : ----------------------------------- drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 16667 Sep 8 2013 vol4 Actual results: ================ Permissions for non root user changing after rebalance Expected results: ================= Permissions should not change after rebalance process Additional info: ================ [root@boost brick1]# gluster v i vol4 Volume Name: vol4 Type: Distributed-Replicate Volume ID: a00c7c39-3bb8-438c-8f79-1de3d8458033 Status: Started Number of Bricks: 3 x 2 = 6 Transport-type: tcp Bricks: Brick1: 10.70.34.86:/rhs/brick1/d1 Brick2: 10.70.34.85:/rhs/brick1/d2 Brick3: 10.70.34.88:/rhs/brick1/d3 Brick4: 10.70.34.89:/rhs/brick1/d4 Brick5: 10.70.34.85:/rhs/brick1/d5 Brick6: 10.70.34.89:/rhs/brick1/d6