Index: admin-functions.php
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--- admin-functions.php	(revision 2962)
+++ admin-functions.php	(working copy)
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@
         if ( ! file_exists( $path ) ) {
                 if ( ! mkdir( $path ) )
                         return array('error' => "Unable to create directory $path. Is its parent directory writable by the server?");
-		@ chmod( ABSPATH . $path, 0774 );
+		@ chmod( ABSPATH . $path, 0755 );
 	}
 
         // Generate the yearly and monthly dirs
@@ -1524,14 +1524,14 @@
         if ( ! file_exists( $pathy ) ) {
                 if ( ! mkdir( $pathy ) )
                         return array('error' => "Unable to create directory $pathy. Is $path writable?");
-		@ chmod( $pathy, 0774 );
+		@ chmod( $pathy, 0755 );
 	}
 
         // Make sure we have a monthly dir
         if ( ! file_exists( $pathym ) ) {
                 if ( ! mkdir( $pathym ) )
                         return array('error' => "Unable to create directory $pathym. Is $pathy writable?");
-		@ chmod( $pathym, 0774 );
+		@ chmod( $pathym, 0755 );
 	}
 
     $uploads = array('path' => $pathym, 'url' => get_option('siteurl') . "/$dir/$y/$m", 'error' => false);