Index: src/apps/fuse/pvfs2fuse.c
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--- src/apps/fuse/pvfs2fuse.c	(revision 9211)
+++ src/apps/fuse/pvfs2fuse.c	(revision 9212)
@@ -507,8 +507,10 @@
    ret = lookup( path, &pfh, PVFS2_LOOKUP_LINK_FOLLOW );
    if ( ret < 0 )
 	  return PVFS_ERROR_TO_ERRNO_N( ret );
-   
-   new_attr.perms = mode;
+   /* FUSE passes in 5 octets in 'mode'. However, the the first 
+    * octet is not related to permissions, hence checking only
+    *  the lower 4 octets */
+   new_attr.perms = mode & 07777;
    new_attr.mask = PVFS_ATTR_SYS_PERM;
  
    ret = PVFS_sys_setattr(pfh.ref,new_attr,&pfh.creds);