This issue is documented in Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 1346427 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346427
There is also a case opened with Red Hat Support: CASE 01652429
There are two workarounds:
1. Downgrade to:
brasero.x86_64 2.28.3-6.el6 brasero-libs.x86_64 2.28.3-6.el6 brasero-nautilus.x86_64 2.28.3-6.el6
2. Use command line utilities mkisofs and cdrecord:
mkisofs -o ISO_file_name.iso -J -r -V Disc_Label SourceFileDirectory/ cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=/dev/sr0 ISO_file_name.iso
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Problem has been confirmed to be in brasero-nautilus-2.30.3-3.el6
Downgrading brasero packages to 2.28.3-6.el6 fixes the problem.
Description of problem:
After updating to RHEL 6.8, burning data optical discs using CD/DVD Creator causes all regular file execute permissions to be removed. Directory execute permissions are retained. This problem only appeared after updating to RHEL/CentOS 6.8 from 6.7.
Using mkisofs / cdrecord with the same data produces optical media with normal file permissions - all execute permissions are retained on files and directories.
Steps to Reproduce: 1. Insert blank optical media in CD/DVD writer 2. Select [Open CD/DVD Creator] when prompted and click [OK] 3. Drag files and directories with execute permissions into the creator window 4. Click [Write to Disc]
Actual results:
Excerpt from "ls -l": ------------------------------- [cwebster@klink InstallDisks]$ ls -l /media/CymSTAR_Linux_Support/scripts/ total 50 -r--r--r--. 1 cwebster cwebster 457 Jun 14 14:37 cleanup_packages -r--r--r--. 1 cwebster cwebster 6962 Jun 14 14:37 fix_eth_devs.py -r--r--r--. 1 cwebster cwebster 1790 Jun 14 14:37 install_audioscience ... -r--r--r--. 1 cwebster cwebster 863 Jun 14 14:37 setup_shutdownFlarbs -r--r--r--. 1 cwebster cwebster 1692 Jun 14 14:37 setup_ssh -r--r--r--. 1 cwebster cwebster 252 Jun 14 14:37 setup_svn -r--r--r--. 1 cwebster cwebster 429 Jun 14 14:37 start_vsftpd -r--r--r--. 1 cwebster cwebster 788 Jun 14 14:37 update_samba [cwebster@klink InstallDisks]$
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Expected results:
Excerpt from "ls -l": ------------------------------- [cwebster@klink InstallDisks]$ ls -l /media/CymSTAR_Linux_Support/scripts/ total 50 -r-xr-xr-x. 1 cwebster cwebster 457 Jun 4 2015 cleanup_packages -r-xr-xr-x. 1 cwebster cwebster 6962 Jun 4 2015 fix_eth_devs.py -r-xr-xr-x. 1 cwebster cwebster 1790 Mar 3 15:42 install_audioscience ... -r-xr-xr-x. 1 cwebster cwebster 863 Jun 11 12:33 setup_shutdownFlarbs -r-xr-xr-x. 1 cwebster cwebster 1692 Jun 4 2015 setup_ssh -r-xr-xr-x. 1 cwebster cwebster 252 Jun 4 2015 setup_svn -r-xr-xr-x. 1 cwebster cwebster 429 Sep 3 2015 start_vsftpd -r-xr-xr-x. 1 cwebster cwebster 788 Dec 15 14:59 update_samba [cwebster@klink InstallDisks]$
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