diff --git a/server/plugins-available/shelluser_base_plugin.inc.php b/server/plugins-available/shelluser_base_plugin.inc.php
index 7677778eae97d6beb531b88aa817822ca92c98be..e482897fca87257cb1dcce78322622264cf03dd4 100755
--- a/server/plugins-available/shelluser_base_plugin.inc.php
+++ b/server/plugins-available/shelluser_base_plugin.inc.php
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ class shelluser_base_plugin {
 		}
 		// set proper file permissions
 		// exec("chown -R ".escapeshellcmd($this->data['new']['puser']).":".escapeshellcmd($this->data['new']['pgroup'])." ".$usrdir);
+		exec("chown -R ".escapeshellcmd($this->data['new']['puser']).":".escapeshellcmd($this->data['new']['pgroup'])." ".$sshdir);
 		exec("chmod 600 '$sshkeys'");
 		
 	}
diff --git a/server/plugins-available/shelluser_jailkit_plugin.inc.php b/server/plugins-available/shelluser_jailkit_plugin.inc.php
index 50d2b24b54cc08e85682674252bc81f9f1cf668b..b5d6be4b2b4ffcbc8865ff9628bdfa260410bfdd 100755
--- a/server/plugins-available/shelluser_jailkit_plugin.inc.php
+++ b/server/plugins-available/shelluser_jailkit_plugin.inc.php
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ class shelluser_jailkit_plugin {
 		}
 		// set proper file permissions
 		// exec("chown -R ".escapeshellcmd($this->data['new']['puser']).":".escapeshellcmd($this->data['new']['pgroup'])." ".$usrdir);
+		exec("chown -R ".escapeshellcmd($this->data['new']['puser']).":".escapeshellcmd($this->data['new']['pgroup'])." ".$sshdir);
 		exec("chmod 600 '$sshkeys'");
 		
 	}