diff --git a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_cocoa_generator.cc b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_cocoa_generator.cc
index 728cd49..6cb86a2 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_cocoa_generator.cc
+++ b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_cocoa_generator.cc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  */
 void t_cocoa_generator::init_generator() {
   // Make output directory
-  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IREAD | S_IWRITE | S_IEXEC);
+  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
   cocoa_prefix_ = program_->get_cocoa_prefix();
 
   // we have a .h header file...
diff --git a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_cpp_generator.cc b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_cpp_generator.cc
index 3482320..b68d2fc 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_cpp_generator.cc
+++ b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_cpp_generator.cc
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  */
 void t_cpp_generator::init_generator() {
   // Make output directory
-  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IREAD | S_IWRITE | S_IEXEC);
+  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
 
   // Make output file
   string f_types_name = get_out_dir()+program_name_+"_types.h";
diff --git a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_erl_generator.cc b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_erl_generator.cc
index 3e3f966..1783bba 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_erl_generator.cc
+++ b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_erl_generator.cc
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  */
 void t_erl_generator::init_generator() {
   // Make output directory
-  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IREAD | S_IWRITE | S_IEXEC);
+  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
 
   // setup export lines
   export_lines_first_ = true;
diff --git a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_hs_generator.cc b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_hs_generator.cc
index 03d62a4..8746ba4 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_hs_generator.cc
+++ b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_hs_generator.cc
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
  */
 void t_hs_generator::init_generator() {
   // Make output directory
-  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IREAD | S_IWRITE | S_IEXEC);
+  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
 
   // Make output file
 
diff --git a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_java_generator.cc b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_java_generator.cc
index a6d2c4a..8f992b4 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_java_generator.cc
+++ b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_java_generator.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 void t_java_generator::init_generator() {
   // Make output directory
-  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IREAD | S_IWRITE | S_IEXEC);
+  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
   package_name_ = program_->get_java_package();
 
   string dir = package_name_;
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
   string::size_type loc;
   while ((loc = dir.find(".")) != string::npos) {
     subdir = subdir + "/" + dir.substr(0, loc);
-    mkdir(subdir.c_str(), S_IREAD | S_IWRITE | S_IEXEC);
+    mkdir(subdir.c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
     dir = dir.substr(loc+1);
   }
   if (dir.size() > 0) {
     subdir = subdir + "/" + dir;
-    mkdir(subdir.c_str(), S_IREAD | S_IWRITE | S_IEXEC);
+    mkdir(subdir.c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
   }
 
   package_dir_ = subdir;
diff --git a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_ocaml_generator.cc b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_ocaml_generator.cc
index 7bfe4fd..8bf6457 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_ocaml_generator.cc
+++ b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_ocaml_generator.cc
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
  */
 void t_ocaml_generator::init_generator() {
   // Make output directory
-  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IREAD | S_IWRITE | S_IEXEC);
+  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
 
   // Make output file
   string f_types_name = get_out_dir()+program_name_+"_types.ml";
diff --git a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_perl_generator.cc b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_perl_generator.cc
index edec010..ee6b5b4 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_perl_generator.cc
+++ b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_perl_generator.cc
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
  */
 void t_perl_generator::init_generator() {
   // Make output directory
-  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IREAD | S_IWRITE | S_IEXEC);
+  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
 
   string outdir = get_out_dir();
   std::string ns = program_->get_perl_package();
   if (ns.length() > 0) {
     outdir += ns + "/";
-    mkdir(outdir.c_str(), S_IREAD | S_IWRITE | S_IEXEC);
+    mkdir(outdir.c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
   }
 
   // Make output file
diff --git a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_php_generator.cc b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_php_generator.cc
index 62900a0..ba0e189 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_php_generator.cc
+++ b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_php_generator.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 void t_php_generator::init_generator() {
   // Make output directory
-  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IREAD | S_IWRITE | S_IEXEC);
+  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
 
   // Make output file
   string f_types_name = get_out_dir()+program_name_+"_types.php";
diff --git a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_py_generator.cc b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_py_generator.cc
index 3dd3892..d682bee 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_py_generator.cc
+++ b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_py_generator.cc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   package_dir_ = get_out_dir();
   while (true) {
     // TODO: Do better error checking here.
-    mkdir(package_dir_.c_str(), S_IREAD | S_IWRITE | S_IEXEC);
+    mkdir(package_dir_.c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
     std::ofstream init_py((package_dir_+"/__init__.py").c_str());
     init_py.close();
     if (module.empty()) {
diff --git a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_rb_generator.cc b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_rb_generator.cc
index b68ef30..54b5005 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_rb_generator.cc
+++ b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_rb_generator.cc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  */
 void t_rb_generator::init_generator() {
   // Make output directory
-  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IREAD | S_IWRITE | S_IEXEC);
+  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
 
   // Make output file
   string f_types_name = get_out_dir()+program_name_+"_types.rb";
diff --git a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_xsd_generator.cc b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_xsd_generator.cc
index 0910048..04645d2 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_xsd_generator.cc
+++ b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_xsd_generator.cc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 void t_xsd_generator::init_generator() {
   // Make output directory
-  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IREAD | S_IWRITE | S_IEXEC);
+  mkdir(get_out_dir().c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
 
   // Make output file
   string f_php_name = get_out_dir()+program_->get_name()+"_xsd.php";