--- a/fdbbackup/FileDecoder.actor.cpp	2024-07-30 10:36:30.000000000 +0000
+++ b/fdbbackup/FileDecoder.actor.cpp	2024-08-07 16:33:00.486048698 +0000
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@
 					platform::createDirectory(path);
 				}
 			}
-			self->lfd = open(self->file.fileName.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC);
+			self->lfd = open(self->file.fileName.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0666);
 			if (self->lfd == -1) {
 				TraceEvent(SevError, "OpenLocalFileFailed").detail("File", self->file.fileName);
 				throw platform_error();
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@
 				}
 			}
 
-			self->lfd = open(self->file.fileName.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC);
+			self->lfd = open(self->file.fileName.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0666);
 			if (self->lfd == -1) {
 				TraceEvent(SevError, "OpenLocalFileFailed").detail("File", self->file.fileName);
 				throw platform_error();
--- a/fdbbackup/backup.actor.cpp	2024-07-30 10:36:30.000000000 +0000
+++ b/fdbbackup/backup.actor.cpp	2024-08-12 17:09:30.349465435 +0000
@@ -4103,10 +4103,12 @@
 				// where the fdbbackup command hangs infinitely. 60 seconds should be more than
 				// enough for all cases to finish and 5 retries should also be good enough for
 				// most cases.
+				static const unsigned int transactionTimeout = 60000;
+				static const unsigned int transactionRetryTimeout = 5;
 				db->setOption(FDBDatabaseOptions::TRANSACTION_TIMEOUT,
-				              Optional<StringRef>(StringRef((const uint8_t*)60000, 8)));
+				              Optional<StringRef>(StringRef((uint8_t*)&transactionTimeout, 8)));
 				db->setOption(FDBDatabaseOptions::TRANSACTION_RETRY_LIMIT,
-				              Optional<StringRef>(StringRef((const uint8_t*)5, 8)));
+				              Optional<StringRef>(StringRef((uint8_t*)&transactionRetryTimeout, 8)));
 			}
 
 			return result.present();
@@ -4127,10 +4129,12 @@
 				// where the fdbbackup command hangs infinitely. 60 seconds should be more than
 				// enough for all cases to finish and 5 retries should also be good enough for
 				// most cases.
-				sourceDb->setOption(FDBDatabaseOptions::TRANSACTION_TIMEOUT,
-				                    Optional<StringRef>(StringRef((const uint8_t*)60000, 8)));
-				sourceDb->setOption(FDBDatabaseOptions::TRANSACTION_RETRY_LIMIT,
-				                    Optional<StringRef>(StringRef((const uint8_t*)5, 8)));
+				static const unsigned int transactionTimeout = 60000;
+				static const unsigned int transactionRetryTimeout = 5;
+				db->setOption(FDBDatabaseOptions::TRANSACTION_TIMEOUT,
+				              Optional<StringRef>(StringRef((uint8_t*)&transactionTimeout, 8)));
+				db->setOption(FDBDatabaseOptions::TRANSACTION_RETRY_LIMIT,
+				              Optional<StringRef>(StringRef((uint8_t*)&transactionRetryTimeout, 8)));
 			}
 
 			return result.present();