diff --git a/bin/openmamba-repository-fix-permissions b/bin/openmamba-repository-fix-permissions
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..99713ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/openmamba-repository-fix-permissions
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Fixes permissions on repositories
+# Copyright (c) 2009-2010 by Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+#
+. /usr/share/makedist/functions.inc.sh
+. /etc/sysconfig/openmamba-central
+
+for rep in ${local_reps[*]}; do
+   getent passwd ftp$rep >/dev/null || {
+      echo "Warning: missing user ftp$rep for $rep repository; skipping."
+      continue
+   }
+   find /var/ftp/pub/openmamba/$rep/SRPMS.base \
+          -user ftp$rep -a -group users -o -exec chown ftp$rep:users {} \;
+   for a in ${archs[*]}; do
+      [ -e /var/ftp/pub/openmamba/$rep/RPMS.$a ] && \
+         find /var/ftp/pub/openmamba/$rep/RPMS.$a \
+           -user ftp$rep -a -group users -o -exec chown ftp$rep:users {} \;
+   done
+   # >/dev/null
+done
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/etc/cron.daily/50-openmamba-fix-permissions b/etc/cron.hourly/25-openmamba-fix-permissions
similarity index 100%
rename from etc/cron.daily/50-openmamba-fix-permissions
rename to etc/cron.hourly/25-openmamba-fix-permissions