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 ------------------------------------------------------------ Details: -------- 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 at 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 at klink InstallDisks]$ ------------------------------- Expected results: Excerpt from "ls -l": ------------------------------- [cwebster at 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 at klink InstallDisks]$ -------------------------------