diff --git a/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.cpp b/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.cpp
index f85df737a..341b37340 100644
--- a/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.cpp
+++ b/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.cpp
@@ -8194,8 +8194,10 @@ namespace oam
 	int Oam::glusterctl(GLUSTER_COMMANDS command, std::string argument1, std::string& argument2, std::string& errmsg)
 	{
 #ifndef _MSC_VER
-		int user;
+		int user,group;
 		user = getuid();
+		group = getgid();
+
 		string glustercmd = "gluster ";
 
 		if (user!=0)
@@ -8424,6 +8426,23 @@ namespace oam
 						writeLog("ERROR: command failed: " + command,LOG_TYPE_DEBUG);
 						exceptionControl("GLUSTER_ADD", API_FAILURE);
 					}
+					if (user != 0)
+					{
+						command = "sudo gluster volume set dbroot" + itoa(newDbrootID) + " storage.owner-uid " + itoa(user) + " >> /tmp/glusterCommands.txt 2>&1";;
+						status = system(command.c_str());
+						if (WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0 )
+						{
+							writeLog("ERROR: command failed: ",LOG_TYPE_DEBUG);
+							exceptionControl("GLUSTER_ADD", API_FAILURE);
+						}
+						command = "sudo gluster volume set dbroot" + itoa(newDbrootID) + " storage.owner-gid " + itoa(group) + " >> /tmp/glusterCommands.txt 2>&1";;
+						status = system(command.c_str());
+						if (WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0 )
+						{
+							writeLog("ERROR: command failed: ",LOG_TYPE_DEBUG);
+							exceptionControl("GLUSTER_ADD", API_FAILURE);
+						}
+					}
 					command = glustercmd + "volume start dbroot" + itoa(newDbrootID) + " >> /tmp/glusterCommands.txt 2>&1";
 					status = system(command.c_str());
 					if (WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0 )
diff --git a/oamapps/postConfigure/postConfigure.cpp b/oamapps/postConfigure/postConfigure.cpp
index f92372549..195a849ea 100644
--- a/oamapps/postConfigure/postConfigure.cpp
+++ b/oamapps/postConfigure/postConfigure.cpp
@@ -254,7 +254,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	//check if root-user
 	int user;
+	int usergroup;
 	user = getuid();
+	usergroup = getgid();
 	if (user != 0)
 		rootUser = false;
 
@@ -5971,16 +5973,38 @@ bool glusterSetup(string password) {
 		if (rootUser)
 		{
 			command = "gluster volume start dbroot" + oam.itoa(dbrootID) + " >> /tmp/glusterCommands.txt 2>&1";
+			status = system(command.c_str());
+			if (WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0 )
+			{
+				cout << "ERROR: Failed to start dbroot" << oam.itoa(dbrootID) << endl;
+				exit(1);
+			}
 		}
 		else
 		{
+			int user = getuid();
+			int group = getgid();
+			command = "sudo gluster volume set dbroot" + oam.itoa(dbrootID) + " storage.owner-uid " + oam.itoa(user) + " >> /tmp/glusterCommands.txt 2>&1";;
+			status = system(command.c_str());
+			if (WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0 )
+			{
+				cout << "ERROR: Failed to start dbroot" << oam.itoa(dbrootID) << endl;
+				exit(1);
+			}
+			command = "sudo gluster volume set dbroot" + oam.itoa(dbrootID) + " storage.owner-gid " + oam.itoa(group) + " >> /tmp/glusterCommands.txt 2>&1";;
+			status = system(command.c_str());
+			if (WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0 )
+			{
+				cout << "ERROR: Failed to start dbroot" << oam.itoa(dbrootID) << endl;
+				exit(1);
+			}
 			command = "sudo gluster volume start dbroot" + oam.itoa(dbrootID) + " >> /tmp/glusterCommands.txt 2>&1";
-		}
-		status = system(command.c_str());
-		if (WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0 )
-		{
-			cout << "ERROR: Failed to start dbroot" << oam.itoa(dbrootID) << endl;
-			exit(1);
+			status = system(command.c_str());
+			if (WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0 )
+			{
+				cout << "ERROR: Failed to start dbroot" << oam.itoa(dbrootID) << endl;
+				exit(1);
+			}
 		}
 		cout << "DONE" << endl;
 	}