diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 569b615c13..2de345b9c9 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -3021,3 +3021,9 @@ David  April 2 2008
     
     sched/
         server_types.C
+
+David  April 2 2008
+    - server: when creating log dir, we were using wrong bit for sticky flag
+
+    sched/
+        sched_util.C
diff --git a/sched/sched_util.C b/sched/sched_util.C
index c6cd9dd975..5c47ddb842 100644
--- a/sched/sched_util.C
+++ b/sched/sched_util.C
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void get_log_path(char* p, const char* filename) {
     sprintf(dir, "../log_%s", host);
     sprintf(p, "%s/%s", dir, filename);
     mode_t old_mask = umask(0);
-    mkdir(dir, 02770);
+    mkdir(dir, 01770);
         // make log_x directory sticky and group-rwx
         // so that whatever apache puts there will be owned by us
     umask(old_mask);