diff --git a/doc/xml/release.xml b/doc/xml/release.xml
index a3f69afef..0afe6e6f0 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@
                         <p>Fix usage of sprintf() due to new constraints in Perl 5.22. Parameters not referenced in the format string are no longer allowed.</p>
                     </release-item>
                 </release-bug-list>
+
+                 <release-refactor-list>
+                    <release-item>
+                        <p>Log directory create and file open now using FileCommon functions which produce more detailed error messages on failure.</p>
+                    </release-item>
+                </release-refactor-list>
             </release-core-list>
 
              <release-doc-list>
diff --git a/lib/pgBackRest/Common/Log.pm b/lib/pgBackRest/Common/Log.pm
index a2b77bca6..9f9acb704 100644
--- a/lib/pgBackRest/Common/Log.pm
+++ b/lib/pgBackRest/Common/Log.pm
@@ -107,11 +107,7 @@ sub logFileSet
     # Only open the log file if file logging is enabled
     if ($strLogLevelFile ne OFF)
     {
-        unless (-e dirname($strFile))
-        {
-            mkdir(dirname($strFile), oct('0770'))
-                or die "unable to create directory " . dirname($strFile) . " for log file ${strFile}";
-        }
+        filePathCreate(dirname($strFile), '0770', true, true);
 
         $strFile .= '.log';
         my $bExists = false;
@@ -121,8 +117,7 @@ sub logFileSet
             $bExists = true;
         }
 
-        sysopen($hLogFile, $strFile, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_APPEND, 0660)
-            or confess &log(ERROR, "unable to open log file ${strFile}", ERROR_FILE_OPEN);
+        $hLogFile = fileOpen($strFile, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_APPEND, '0660');
 
         if ($bExists)
         {
@@ -143,6 +138,10 @@ sub logLevelSet
     my $strLevelFileParam = shift;
     my $strLevelConsoleParam = shift;
 
+    # Load FileCommon module
+    require pgBackRest::FileCommon;
+    pgBackRest::FileCommon->import();
+
     if (defined($strLevelFileParam))
     {
         if (!defined($oLogLevelRank{uc($strLevelFileParam)}{rank}))
diff --git a/lib/pgBackRest/FileCommon.pm b/lib/pgBackRest/FileCommon.pm
index b274ac8ca..1794501e8 100644
--- a/lib/pgBackRest/FileCommon.pm
+++ b/lib/pgBackRest/FileCommon.pm
@@ -363,18 +363,20 @@ sub fileOpen
     (
         $strOperation,
         $strFile,
-        $lFlags
+        $lFlags,
+        $strMode,
     ) =
         logDebugParam
         (
             __PACKAGE__ . '::fileOpen', \@_,
             {name => 'strFile', trace => true},
-            {name => 'lFlags', trace => true}
+            {name => 'lFlags', trace => true},
+            {name => 'strMode', default => '0640', trace => true},
         );
 
     my $hFile;
 
-    if (!sysopen($hFile, $strFile, $lFlags))
+    if (!sysopen($hFile, $strFile, $lFlags, oct($strMode)))
     {
         my $strError = $!;
 
diff --git a/lib/pgBackRest/RestoreFile.pm b/lib/pgBackRest/RestoreFile.pm
index fec7a7718..db69613dd 100644
--- a/lib/pgBackRest/RestoreFile.pm
+++ b/lib/pgBackRest/RestoreFile.pm
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ sub restoreFile
         $bZero = true;
 
         # Open the file truncating to zero bytes in case it already exists
-        my $hFile = fileOpen($$oFileHash{db_file}, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC);
+        my $hFile = fileOpen($$oFileHash{db_file}, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, $$oFileHash{mode});
 
         # Now truncate to the original size.  This will create a sparse file which is very efficient for this use case.
         truncate($hFile, $$oFileHash{size});