#327888 - permissions problem during install.

platform/provision_drupal.module

@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@ function provision_drupal_send_welcome_mail($url, $profile, $language, $client_e
  * implementation of provision_verify
  */
 function provision_drupal_provision_verify($url, &$data) {
+  _provision_drupal_create_directories('default');
   provision_path("writable", "sites", TRUE, t("Drupal sites directory is writable by the provisioning script"),
     t("Drupal sites directory is not writable by the provisioning script"), PROVISION_PERM_ERROR);
   $exists = _provision_create_dir(PROVISION_DRUSHRC_PATH, t('Drush configuration path'), 0700);

provision.module

@@ -182,7 +182,10 @@ function _provision_config_defaults() {
  */
 function _provision_generate_config($data = array()) {
   provision_log('notice', t("Generating provision.settings.php file"));
-  provision_path("chmod", "sites/default", 0750);
+  // We are doing a system call here to ensure we can write to the file
+  // and we don't need logging or the overhead of provision_path on this
+  system('chmod u+wx sites/default');
+
   if (provision_path("exists", "sites/default/provision.settings.php")) {
     provision_path("chmod", "sites/default/provision.settings.php", 0600,
       t('Changed permissions of provision.settings.php to @confirm'),
@@ -199,7 +202,6 @@ function _provision_generate_config($data = array()) {
   provision_path("chmod", "sites/default/provision.settings.php", 0400,
     t('Changed permissions of provision.settings.php to @confirm'),
     t('Could not change permissions of provision.settings.php to @confirm'));
-  provision_path("chmod", "sites/default", 0550);
   return TRUE;
 }