diff --git a/bureau/admin/bro_main.php b/bureau/admin/bro_main.php
index 0d22961b..ca685eeb 100644
--- a/bureau/admin/bro_main.php
+++ b/bureau/admin/bro_main.php
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ $R=$bro->convertabsolute($R,1);
 // on fait ?
 if (!empty($formu) && $formu) {
   switch ($formu) {
-    case 1:  // Cr�er le r�pertoire $R.$nomfich
+    case 1:  // Create the folder $R.$nomfich
       if (!$bro->CreateDir($R,$nomfich)) {
         $error = $err->errstr();
       }
       $p=$bro->GetPrefs();
       break;
-    case 6: // Cr�er le fichier $R.$nomfich
+    case 6: // Create the file $R.$nomfich
       if (!$bro->CreateFile($R,$nomfich)) {
         $error = $err->errstr();
       }
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ if (!empty($formu) && $formu) {
       }
       break;
     case 7:  // Changement de permissions [ML]
-      if (!@$bro->ChangePermissions($R, $d, $perm)) {
+      if (!$bro->ChangePermissions($R, $d, $perm)) {
         $error = $err->errstr();
       }
       break;
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ function actmoveto_not_empty() {
                   <?php } ?>
                   <th></th>
                   </tr></thead><tbody>
-                  <?php
+<?php
 
         for($i=0;$i<count($c);$i++) {
           echo "<tr class=\"lst\">\n";
@@ -348,7 +348,11 @@ function actmoveto_not_empty() {
               echo "bro_downloadfile.php?dir=".urlencode($R)."&amp;file=".urlencode($c[$i]["name"]);
             }
             echo "\">"; ehe($c[$i]["name"]); 
-            echo"</a></td>\n";
+            echo"</a>";
+            if (!($c[$i]["permissions"] & 0000200)) {
+                echo " (<a href=\"bro_main.php?actperms=Permissions&R=".urlencode($R)."&amp;formu=2&amp;d[]=".urlencode($c[$i]["name"])."\">"._("protected")."</a>)";
+            }
+            echo "</td>\n";
             echo "  <td>".format_size($c[$i]["size"])."</td>";
             echo "<td>".format_date(_('%3$d-%2$d-%1$d %4$d:%5$d'),date("Y-m-d H:i:s",$c[$i]["date"]))."<br /></td>";
             if ($p["showtype"]) {
diff --git a/bureau/class/m_bro.php b/bureau/class/m_bro.php
index ff0a70ca..a08b2285 100644
--- a/bureau/class/m_bro.php
+++ b/bureau/class/m_bro.php
@@ -206,11 +206,15 @@ class m_bro {
             $err->raise('bro', _("This directory is not readable."));
             return false;
         }
+        clearstatcache(true);
         $c = array();
         if ($dir = @opendir($absolute)) {
             while (($file = readdir($dir)) !== false) {
                 if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
-                    $c[] = array("name" => $file, "size" => $this->fsize($absolute . "/" . $file, $showdirsize), "date" => filemtime($absolute . "/" . $file), "type" => (!is_dir($absolute . "/" . $file)));
+                    $stat=stat($absolute . "/" . $file);
+                    $c[] = array("name" => $file, "size" => $this->fsize($absolute . "/" . $file, $showdirsize),
+                        "date" => filemtime($absolute . "/" . $file), "type" => (!is_dir($absolute . "/" . $file)),
+                        "permissions" => $stat[2] );
                 }
             }
             closedir($dir);
@@ -563,12 +567,14 @@ class m_bro {
                     $m = $m & (~ 0222); // ugo-w
                 }
                 $action->chmod($absolute . "/" . $d[$i], $m);
+                // We'd like to *wait* for this to complete, but since this is essentially asynchronous, we can't be sure easily
+                // So we chose to wait a little bit (2 sec) at the end of the loop...
                 if ($verbose) {
                     echo "chmod " . sprintf('%o', $m) . " file, was " . sprintf('%o', fileperms($absolute . "/" . $d[$i])) . " -- " . $perm[$i]['w'];
                 }
             }
         }
-
+        sleep(2);
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -873,6 +879,8 @@ class m_bro {
             include('foot.php');
             exit;
         }
+        $stat=stat($absolute);
+        if (!($stat[2] & 0000200)) return false;
         $finfo = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE);
         $mime = finfo_file($finfo, $absolute);
         if (substr($mime, 0, 5) == "text/" || $mime == "application/x-empty" || $mime == "inode/x-empty") {