Index: /trunk/Nebulous-Server/lib/Nebulous/Server.pm
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--- /trunk/Nebulous-Server/lib/Nebulous/Server.pm	(revision 24293)
+++ /trunk/Nebulous-Server/lib/Nebulous/Server.pm	(revision 24294)
@@ -741,4 +741,15 @@
 
     # check to see if the user.mode xattr exists
+    eval {
+        my $mode = $self->getxattr_object("$key", 'user.mode');
+        if (defined $mode) {
+            $self->chmod_object("$key", $mode);
+        }
+    };
+    if ($@) {
+        unless ($@ =~ qr/user.mode does not exist/) {
+            $log->logdie("error: $@");
+        }
+    }
 
     $log->debug("leaving");