diff --git a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index ad7c036fe31..c776001560e 100644
--- a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -1428,10 +1428,8 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
     		 secondaryPool = getNfsSPbyURI(_conn, new URI(cmd.getSecondaryStoragePoolURL()));
     		 /*TODO: assuming all the storage pools mounted under _mountPoint, the mount point should be got from pool.dumpxml*/
     		 String templatePath = _mountPoint + File.separator + secondaryPool.getUUIDString() + File.separator + templateInstallFolder;	 
-    		 File f = new File(templatePath);
-    		 if (!f.exists()) {
-    			 f.mkdirs();
-    		 }
+    		 _storage.mkdirs(templatePath);
+    		 
     		 String tmplPath = templateInstallFolder + File.separator + tmplFileName;
     		 Script command = new Script(_createTmplPath, _timeout, s_logger);
     		 command.add("-t", templatePath);
@@ -1487,10 +1485,7 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
         	 secondaryStorage = getNfsSPbyURI(_conn, new URI(secondaryStorageURL));
         	 /*TODO: assuming all the storage pools mounted under _mountPoint, the mount point should be got from pool.dumpxml*/
         	 String tmpltPath = _mountPoint + File.separator + secondaryStorage.getUUIDString() + templateInstallFolder;
-        	 File mpfile = new File(tmpltPath);
-        	 if (!mpfile.exists()) {
-        		 mpfile.mkdirs();
-        	 }
+        	 _storage.mkdirs(tmpltPath);
 
         	 Script command = new Script(_createTmplPath, _timeout, s_logger);
         	 command.add("-f", cmd.getSnapshotPath());
@@ -1589,10 +1584,7 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
           
           if (sp == null) {
         	  try {
-        		  File tpFile = new File(targetPath);
-        		  if (!tpFile.exists()) {
-        			  tpFile.mkdir();
-        		  }
+        		  _storage.mkdir(targetPath);
         		  LibvirtStoragePoolDef spd = new LibvirtStoragePoolDef(poolType.NFS, uuid, uuid,
         				  sourceHost, sourcePath, targetPath);
         		  s_logger.debug(spd.toString());
@@ -1702,10 +1694,7 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
     	String targetPath = _mountPoint + File.separator + pool.getUuid();
     	LibvirtStoragePoolDef spd = new LibvirtStoragePoolDef(poolType.NFS, pool.getUuid(), pool.getUuid(),
     														  pool.getHostAddress(), pool.getPath(), targetPath);
-    	File tpFile = new File(targetPath);
-		  if (!tpFile.exists()) {
-			  tpFile.mkdirs();
-		  }
+    	_storage.mkdir(targetPath);
     	StoragePool sp = null;
     	try {
     		s_logger.debug(spd.toString());
diff --git a/scripts/storage/qcow2/createtmplt.sh b/scripts/storage/qcow2/createtmplt.sh
index ef75c6270e9..84b081ce408 100755
--- a/scripts/storage/qcow2/createtmplt.sh
+++ b/scripts/storage/qcow2/createtmplt.sh
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ create_from_file() {
   then
     rm -f $tmpltimg
   fi
+  chmod +r /$tmpltfs/$tmpltname
 }
 
 create_from_snapshot() {
@@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ create_from_snapshot() {
      printf "Failed to create template /$tmplfs/$tmpltname from snapshot $snapshotName on disk $tmpltImg "
      exit 2
   fi
+
+  chmod +r /$tmpltfs/$tmpltname
 }
 
 tflag=
@@ -165,6 +168,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 touch /$tmpltfs/template.properties
+chmod +r /$tmpltfs/template.properties
 echo -n "" > /$tmpltfs/template.properties
 
 today=$(date '+%m_%d_%Y')