diff --git a/debian/resources/switch/package-permissions.sh b/debian/resources/switch/package-permissions.sh
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+#add users to the groups
+usermod -a -G freeswitch www-data
+usermod -a -G www-data freeswitch
+
+#setup owner and group, permissions and sticky
+chown -R freeswitch:freeswitch /var/lib/freeswitch
+chmod -R 760 /var/lib/freeswitch
+chmod -R g+s /var/lib/freeswitch
+
+chown -R freeswitch:freeswitch /usr/share/freeswitch
+chmod -R 760 /usr/share/freeswitch
+chmod -R 760 /usr/share/freeswitch/scripts
+chmod -R 760 /usr/share/freeswitch/lang
+chmod -R g+s /usr/share/freeswitch
+
+chown -R freeswitch:freeswitch /etc/freeswitch
+chmod -R 760 /etc/freeswitch
+chmod -R g+s /etc/freeswitch
+
+chown -R freeswitch:freeswitch /var/log/freeswitch
+chmod -R 760 /var/log/freeswitch
+chmod -R g+s /var/log/freeswitch