diff --git a/github_action_xcat_test.pl b/github_action_xcat_test.pl
index daa3cd670..f5da735d6 100644
--- a/github_action_xcat_test.pl
+++ b/github_action_xcat_test.pl
@@ -508,8 +508,7 @@ sub run_fast_regression_test{
     print "MG about to touch file $conf_file\n";
     system "sudo touch $conf_file";
     print "MG about to chmod 0777 file $conf_file\n";
-    chmod 0777, $conf_file;
-    #system "sudo chmod 777 $conf_file";
+    system "sudo chmod 777 $conf_file";
     open(my $fh, '>', $conf_file) or die "Could not open test configuration file $!";
     print $fh "[System]\nMN=$hostname\n[Table_site]\nkey=domain\nvalue=pok.stglabs.ibm.com\n";
     close($fh);