diff --git a/app/calls_active/calls_active_inc.php b/app/calls_active/calls_active_inc.php
index 74bb0e2296..449cbab77c 100644
--- a/app/calls_active/calls_active_inc.php
+++ b/app/calls_active/calls_active_inc.php
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ else {
 		echo "	<a href='javascript:void(0);' onclick=\"send_cmd('calls_exec.php?cmd='+get_park_cmd(escape('$uuid'), '".$tmp_domain."'));\">".$text['label-park']."</a>&nbsp;\n";
 	//record start/stop
 		$tmp_dir = $_SESSION['switch']['recordings']['dir']."/".$_SESSION['domain_name']."/archive/".date("Y")."/".date("M")."/".date("d");
-		mkdir($tmp_dir, 0777, true);
+		mkdir($tmp_dir, 1777, true);
 		$tmp_file = $tmp_dir."/".$uuid.".wav";
 		if (file_exists($tmp_file)) {
 			//stop
diff --git a/app/dialplan_inbound/app_defaults.php b/app/dialplan_inbound/app_defaults.php
index 918f0787d1..3040b62011 100644
--- a/app/dialplan_inbound/app_defaults.php
+++ b/app/dialplan_inbound/app_defaults.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 //if the public directory doesn't exist then create it
 	if ($domains_processed == 1) {
 		if (strlen($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir']) > 0) {
-			if (!is_dir($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir'].'/public')) { mkdir($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir'].'/public',0777,true); }
+			if (!is_dir($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir'].'/public')) { mkdir($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir'].'/public',2777,true); }
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 		//make sure the public directory and xml file exist
 		if (strlen($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir']) > 0) {
 			if (!is_dir($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir'].'/public'.$_SESSION['domains'][$domain_uuid]['domain_name'])) {
-				mkdir($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir'].'/public/'.$_SESSION['domains'][$domain_uuid]['domain_name'],0777,true);
+				mkdir($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir'].'/public/'.$_SESSION['domains'][$domain_uuid]['domain_name'],2777,true);
 			}
 			$file = $_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir']."/public/".$_SESSION['domains'][$domain_uuid]['domain_name'].".xml";
 			if (!file_exists($file)) {
diff --git a/app/extensions/app_defaults.php b/app/extensions/app_defaults.php
index 1f97d52bed..8ef262fa01 100644
--- a/app/extensions/app_defaults.php
+++ b/app/extensions/app_defaults.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 //if the extensions dir doesn't exist then create it
 	if ($domains_processed == 1) {
 		if (strlen($_SESSION['switch']['extensions']['dir']) > 0) {
-			if (!is_dir($_SESSION['switch']['extensions']['dir'])) { mkdir($_SESSION['switch']['extensions']['dir'],0777,true); }
+			if (!is_dir($_SESSION['switch']['extensions']['dir'])) { mkdir($_SESSION['switch']['extensions']['dir'],2770,true); }
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/app/extensions/resources/classes/extension.php b/app/extensions/resources/classes/extension.php
index 266aaccecd..fec9a3c92a 100644
--- a/app/extensions/resources/classes/extension.php
+++ b/app/extensions/resources/classes/extension.php
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ if (!class_exists('extension')) {
 							$xml .= "  </user>\n";
 
 							if (!is_readable($_SESSION['switch']['extensions']['dir']."/".$row['user_context'])) {
-								mkdir($_SESSION['switch']['extensions']['dir']."/".$row['user_context'],0755,true);
+								mkdir($_SESSION['switch']['extensions']['dir']."/".$row['user_context'],2755,true);
 							}
 							if (strlen($extension) > 0) {
 								$fout = fopen($_SESSION['switch']['extensions']['dir']."/".$row['user_context']."/v_".$extension.".xml","w");
diff --git a/app/music_on_hold/music_on_hold.php b/app/music_on_hold/music_on_hold.php
index 5dacd2118a..a14fcbf8d4 100644
--- a/app/music_on_hold/music_on_hold.php
+++ b/app/music_on_hold/music_on_hold.php
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ else {
 						//process sampling rate(s)
 							if (isset($sampling_rate_dirs)) foreach ($sampling_rate_dirs as $sampling_rate_dir) {
 								if (!is_dir($music_on_hold_dir."/".$path_mod.$new_category_name."/".$sampling_rate_dir)) {
-									@mkdir($music_on_hold_dir."/".$path_mod.$new_category_name."/".$sampling_rate_dir, 0777, true);
+									mkdir($music_on_hold_dir."/".$path_mod.$new_category_name."/".$sampling_rate_dir, 2777, true);
 								}
 								if (is_dir($music_on_hold_dir."/".$path_mod.$new_category_name."/".$sampling_rate_dir)) {
 									copy($_FILES['upload_file']['tmp_name'], $music_on_hold_dir."/".$path_mod.$new_category_name."/".$sampling_rate_dir."/".$new_file_name);
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ else {
 						//process sampling rate(s)
 							if (isset($sampling_rate_dirs)) foreach ($sampling_rate_dirs as $sampling_rate_dir) {
 								if (!is_dir($music_on_hold_dir."/".$path_mod.$_POST['upload_category']."/".$sampling_rate_dir)) {
-									@mkdir($music_on_hold_dir."/".$path_mod.$_POST['upload_category']."/".$sampling_rate_dir, 0777, true);
+									mkdir($music_on_hold_dir."/".$path_mod.$_POST['upload_category']."/".$sampling_rate_dir, 2777, true);
 								}
 								if (is_dir($music_on_hold_dir."/".$path_mod.$_POST['upload_category']."/".$sampling_rate_dir)) {
 									copy($_FILES['upload_file']['tmp_name'], $music_on_hold_dir."/".$path_mod.$_POST['upload_category']."/".$sampling_rate_dir."/".$new_file_name);
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ else {
 							//process sampling rate(s)
 								if (isset($sampling_rate_dirs)) foreach ($sampling_rate_dirs as $sampling_rate_dir) {
 									if (!is_dir($music_on_hold_dir."/".$sampling_rate_dir)) {
-										@mkdir($music_on_hold_dir."/".$sampling_rate_dir, 0777, true);
+										mkdir($music_on_hold_dir."/".$sampling_rate_dir, 2777, true);
 									}
 									if (is_dir($music_on_hold_dir."/".$sampling_rate_dir)) {
 										copy($_FILES['upload_file']['tmp_name'], $music_on_hold_dir."/".$sampling_rate_dir."/".$new_file_name);
diff --git a/app/phrases/app_defaults.php b/app/phrases/app_defaults.php
index 0dd4b67582..9aaac50d4f 100644
--- a/app/phrases/app_defaults.php
+++ b/app/phrases/app_defaults.php
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if ($domains_processed == 1) {
 				foreach ($conf_lang_folders as $conf_lang_folder) {
 					//create phrases folder, if necessary
 					if (!file_exists($conf_lang_folder."/phrases/")) {
-						mkdir($conf_lang_folder."/phrases/", 0777);
+						mkdir($conf_lang_folder."/phrases/", 2777);
 					}
 					//parse language, open xml file
 					$conf_lang = substr($conf_lang_folder, -2);
diff --git a/app/recordings/app_defaults.php b/app/recordings/app_defaults.php
index 7e22c12191..2ad20d9df8 100644
--- a/app/recordings/app_defaults.php
+++ b/app/recordings/app_defaults.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 //if the recordings directory doesn't exist then create it
 	if (strlen($_SESSION['switch']['recordings']['dir']."/".$domain_name) > 0) {
-		if (!is_readable($_SESSION['switch']['recordings']['dir']."/".$domain_name)) { mkdir($_SESSION['switch']['recordings']['dir']."/".$domain_name,0777,true); }
+		if (!is_readable($_SESSION['switch']['recordings']['dir']."/".$domain_name)) { mkdir($_SESSION['switch']['recordings']['dir']."/".$domain_name,2770,true); }
 	}
 
 if ($domains_processed == 1) {
diff --git a/app/voicemail_greetings/voicemail_greetings.php b/app/voicemail_greetings/voicemail_greetings.php
index eb511333e5..e1db1bf51a 100644
--- a/app/voicemail_greetings/voicemail_greetings.php
+++ b/app/voicemail_greetings/voicemail_greetings.php
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ require_once "resources/check_auth.php";
 					$result = $prep_statement->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_NAMED);
 					if (count($result) == 0 && !file_exists($v_greeting_dir.'/'.$file_name)) {
 						//move the uploaded greeting
-							mkdir($v_greeting_dir, 0777, true);
+							mkdir($v_greeting_dir, 2777, true);
 							move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], $v_greeting_dir.'/'.$file_name);
 						//set newly uploaded greeting as active greeting for voicemail box
 							$sql = "update v_voicemails ";
diff --git a/app/voicemails/app_defaults.php b/app/voicemails/app_defaults.php
index 057d4ac770..7a6d83a008 100644
--- a/app/voicemails/app_defaults.php
+++ b/app/voicemails/app_defaults.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ if ($domains_processed == 1) {
 		foreach ($voicemails as $row) {
 			$path = $_SESSION['switch']['voicemail']['dir'].'/default/'.$row['domain_name'].'/'.$row['voicemail_id'];
 			if (!file_exists($path)) {
-				mkdir($path, 0777, true);
+				mkdir($path, 2777, true);
 			}
 		}
 		unset ($prep_statement, $sql);
diff --git a/app/xml_cdr/resources/classes/xml_cdr.php b/app/xml_cdr/resources/classes/xml_cdr.php
index 79b6002882..42cc5d0514 100644
--- a/app/xml_cdr/resources/classes/xml_cdr.php
+++ b/app/xml_cdr/resources/classes/xml_cdr.php
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ if (!class_exists('xml_cdr')) {
 					catch(PDOException $e) {
 						$tmp_dir = $_SESSION['switch']['log']['dir'].'/xml_cdr/failed/';
 						if(!file_exists($tmp_dir)) {
-							mkdir($tmp_dir, 0777, true);
+							mkdir($tmp_dir, 2777, true);
 						}
 						if ($_SESSION['cdr']['format']['text'] == "xml") {
 							$tmp_file = $uuid.'.xml';
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ if (!class_exists('xml_cdr')) {
 							$tmp_day = date("d", $tmp_time);
 							$tmp_dir = $_SESSION['switch']['log']['dir'].'/xml_cdr/archive/'.$tmp_year.'/'.$tmp_month.'/'.$tmp_day;
 							if(!file_exists($tmp_dir)) {
-								mkdir($tmp_dir, 0777, true);
+								mkdir($tmp_dir, 2777, true);
 							}
 							if ($_SESSION['cdr']['format']['text'] == "xml") {
 								$tmp_file = $uuid.'.xml';
diff --git a/app/xml_cdr/v_xml_cdr_import.php b/app/xml_cdr/v_xml_cdr_import.php
index 8903dbfdc8..d8ad6146b7 100644
--- a/app/xml_cdr/v_xml_cdr_import.php
+++ b/app/xml_cdr/v_xml_cdr_import.php
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@
 				catch(PDOException $e) {
 					$tmp_dir = $_SESSION['switch']['log']['dir'].'/xml_cdr/failed/';
 					if(!file_exists($tmp_dir)) {
-						mkdir($tmp_dir, 0777, true);
+						mkdir($tmp_dir, 2777, true);
 					}
 					if ($_SESSION['cdr']['format']['text'] == "xml") {
 						$tmp_file = $uuid.'.xml';
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@
 						$tmp_day = date("d", $tmp_time);
 						$tmp_dir = $_SESSION['switch']['log']['dir'].'/xml_cdr/archive/'.$tmp_year.'/'.$tmp_month.'/'.$tmp_day;
 						if(!file_exists($tmp_dir)) {
-							mkdir($tmp_dir, 0777, true);
+							mkdir($tmp_dir, 2777, true);
 						}
 						if ($_SESSION['cdr']['format']['text'] == "xml") {
 							$tmp_file = $uuid.'.xml';
diff --git a/core/install/resources/classes/install_switch.php b/core/install/resources/classes/install_switch.php
index b1713bb2bc..ce53a58e33 100644
--- a/core/install/resources/classes/install_switch.php
+++ b/core/install/resources/classes/install_switch.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ include "root.php";
 
 			//make sure the conf directory exists
 				if (!is_dir($this->global_settings->switch_conf_dir())) {
-					if (!mkdir($this->global_settings->switch_conf_dir(), 0774, true)) {
+					if (!mkdir($this->global_settings->switch_conf_dir(), 2774, true)) {
 						throw new Exception("Failed to create the switch conf directory '".$this->global_settings->switch_conf_dir()."'. ");
 					}
 				}
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ include "root.php";
 					unset($src_dir, $dst_dir);
 				}
 				$fax_dir = join( DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, array($this->global_settings->switch_storage_dir(), 'fax'));
-				if (!is_readable($fax_dir)) { mkdir($fax_dir,0777,true); }
+				if (!is_readable($fax_dir)) { mkdir($fax_dir,2777,true); }
 				$voicemail_dir = join( DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, array($this->global_settings->switch_storage_dir(), 'voicemail'));
-				if (!is_readable($voicemail_dir)) { mkdir($voicemail_dir,0777,true); }
+				if (!is_readable($voicemail_dir)) { mkdir($voicemail_dir,2777,true); }
 
 			//write the xml_cdr.conf.xml file
 				if (file_exists($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"].PROJECT_PATH."/app/xml_cdr")) {
diff --git a/resources/functions.php b/resources/functions.php
index 46d2deeb2f..8c04e87892 100644
--- a/resources/functions.php
+++ b/resources/functions.php
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 					throw new Exception("recursive_copy() source directory '".$src."' does not exist.");
 				}
 				if (!is_dir($dst)) {
-					if (!mkdir($dst)) {
+					if (!mkdir($dst,2770,true)) {
 						throw new Exception("recursive_copy() failed to create destination directory '".$dst."'");
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/resources/switch.php b/resources/switch.php
index 10a8bc8e05..0d58c4b2ba 100644
--- a/resources/switch.php
+++ b/resources/switch.php
@@ -991,12 +991,12 @@ function save_dialplan_xml() {
 					$dialplan_filename = $dialplan_order."_v_".$dialplan_name.".xml";
 					if (strlen($row['dialplan_context']) > 0) {
 						if (!is_dir($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir']."/".$row['dialplan_context'])) {
-							mkdir($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir']."/".$row['dialplan_context'],0755,true);
+							mkdir($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir']."/".$row['dialplan_context'],2755,true);
 						}
 						if ($row['dialplan_context'] == "public") {
 							if (count($_SESSION['domains']) > 1 && strlen($row['domain_uuid']) > 0) {
 								if (!is_dir($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir']."/public/".$_SESSION['domains'][$row['domain_uuid']]['domain_name'])) {
-									mkdir($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir']."/public/".$_SESSION['domains'][$row['domain_uuid']]['domain_name'],0755,true);
+									mkdir($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir']."/public/".$_SESSION['domains'][$row['domain_uuid']]['domain_name'],2755,true);
 								}
 								file_put_contents($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir']."/public/".$_SESSION['domains'][$row['domain_uuid']]['domain_name']."/".$dialplan_filename, $tmp);
 							}
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ function save_dialplan_xml() {
 						}
 						else {
 							if (!is_dir($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir']."/".$row['dialplan_context'])) {
-								mkdir($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir']."/".$row['dialplan_context'],0755,true);
+								mkdir($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir']."/".$row['dialplan_context'],2755,true);
 							}
 							file_put_contents($_SESSION['switch']['dialplan']['dir']."/".$row['dialplan_context']."/".$dialplan_filename, $tmp);
 						}
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ if (!function_exists('save_sip_profile_xml')) {
 
 		// make profile dir if needed
 			$profile_dir = $_SESSION['switch']['conf']['dir']."/sip_profiles";
-			if (!is_readable($profile_dir)) { mkdir($profile_dir,0775,true); }
+			if (!is_readable($profile_dir)) { mkdir($profile_dir,2775,true); }
 
 		//get the global variables
 			global $domain_uuid;
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ if (!function_exists('save_sip_profile_xml')) {
 						}
 
 					//if the directory does not exist then create it
-						if (!is_readable($profile_dir.'/'.$sip_profile_name)) { mkdir($profile_dir.'/'.$sip_profile_name,0775,true); }
+						if (!is_readable($profile_dir.'/'.$sip_profile_name)) { mkdir($profile_dir.'/'.$sip_profile_name,2775,true); }
 
 				} //end foreach
 				unset($sql, $result, $row_count);