diff --git a/recipes/mon.rb b/recipes/mon.rb
index bbf1cbc..354bea9 100644
--- a/recipes/mon.rb
+++ b/recipes/mon.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ service_type = node["ceph"]["mon"]["init_style"]
 directory "/var/run/ceph" do
   owner "root"
   group "root"
-  mode 00644
+  mode 00755
   recursive true
   action :create
 end
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ end
 directory "/var/lib/ceph/mon/ceph-#{node["hostname"]}" do
   owner "root"
   group "root"
-  mode 00644
+  mode 00755
   recursive true
   action :create
 end
diff --git a/recipes/radosgw.rb b/recipes/radosgw.rb
index 7447364..ed640d4 100644
--- a/recipes/radosgw.rb
+++ b/recipes/radosgw.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ unless File.exists?("/var/lib/ceph/radosgw/ceph-radosgw.#{node['hostname']}/done
   directory "/etc/ceph" do
     owner "root"
     group "root"
-    mode "0644"
+    mode "0755"
     action :create
   end