diff -ur awstats-7.9.orig/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl awstats-7.9/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl
--- awstats-7.9.orig/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl	2023-01-17 13:56:28.000000000 +0100
+++ awstats-7.9/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl	2024-01-07 20:09:51.559596037 +0100
@@ -3056,7 +3056,7 @@
 	if ( !$MigrateStats && !-d $DirData ) {
 		if ($CreateDirDataIfNotExists) {
 			if ($Debug) { debug( " Make directory $DirData", 2 ); }
-			my $mkdirok = mkdir "$DirData", 0766;
+			my $mkdirok = mkdir "$DirData", 0755;
 			if ( !$mkdirok ) {
 				error(
 "$PROG failed to create directory DirData (DirData=\"$DirData\", CreateDirDataIfNotExists=$CreateDirDataIfNotExists)."