--- posix.c.old	2009-01-16 14:58:25.909272836 +0100
+++ posix.c	2009-01-16 14:56:57.460702199 +0100
@@ -3037,16 +3037,18 @@
 
                 /* TODO: handle another flag, GF_SET_OVERWRITE */
 
-                /* Change the mode */
-                ret = chmod (pathname, trav->buf.st_mode);
-                if (ret == -1) {
-                        op_errno = errno;
-                        gf_log (this->name, GF_LOG_ERROR, 
-                                "chmod on %s failed: %s", pathname,
-                                strerror (op_errno));
-                        goto out;
-                }
-
+		if(!S_ISLNK(trav->buf.st_mode)){
+			/* Change the mode */		
+			ret = chmod (pathname, trav->buf.st_mode);
+			if (ret == -1) {
+				op_errno = errno;
+				gf_log (this->name, GF_LOG_ERROR, 
+					"chmod on %s failed: %s", pathname,
+					strerror (op_errno));
+				goto out;
+			}
+		}
+		
                 /* change the ownership */
                 ret = lchown (pathname, trav->buf.st_uid, trav->buf.st_gid);
                 if (ret == -1) {