diff --git a/c++/examples/Makefile.in b/c++/examples/Makefile.in
index 30326d24af..6f56fde575 100644
--- a/c++/examples/Makefile.in
+++ b/c++/examples/Makefile.in
@@ -628,7 +628,8 @@ uninstall-local:
 install-examples: $(EXAMPLEDIR) $(INSTALL_FILES)
 	@for f in X $(INSTALL_FILES); do                                     \
 	  if test $$f != X; then                                             \
-	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(EXAMPLEDIR)/. || exit 1);\
+	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(EXAMPLEDIR)/. || exit 1);    \
+            chmod a-x $(EXAMPLEDIR)/$$f;                                     \
 	  fi;                                                                \
 	done
 	@for f in X $(INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILES); do                                   \
diff --git a/config/examples.am b/config/examples.am
index 30ea7178d7..244e6954b2 100644
--- a/config/examples.am
+++ b/config/examples.am
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ uninstall-local:
 install-examples: $(EXAMPLEDIR) $(INSTALL_FILES)
 	@for f in X $(INSTALL_FILES); do                                     \
 	  if test $$f != X; then                                             \
-	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(EXAMPLEDIR)/. || exit 1);\
+	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(EXAMPLEDIR)/. || exit 1);    \
+            chmod a-x $(EXAMPLEDIR)/$$f;                                     \
 	  fi;                                                                \
 	done
 	@for f in X $(INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILES); do                                   \
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 80200a4bb5..4b84b4682c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Id: configure.in 19506 2010-10-04 17:15:30Z lrknox .
+# From configure.in Id: configure.in 19512 2010-10-05 13:37:04Z hdftest .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67 for HDF5 1.9.76.
 #
diff --git a/examples/Makefile.in b/examples/Makefile.in
index 4e16fa4e3f..80139b8ef3 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.in
+++ b/examples/Makefile.in
@@ -660,7 +660,8 @@ uninstall-local:
 install-examples: $(EXAMPLEDIR) $(INSTALL_FILES)
 	@for f in X $(INSTALL_FILES); do                                     \
 	  if test $$f != X; then                                             \
-	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(EXAMPLEDIR)/. || exit 1);\
+	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(EXAMPLEDIR)/. || exit 1);    \
+            chmod a-x $(EXAMPLEDIR)/$$f;                                     \
 	  fi;                                                                \
 	done
 	@for f in X $(INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILES); do                                   \
diff --git a/fortran/examples/Makefile.in b/fortran/examples/Makefile.in
index 4258d69a9a..5d76c0bf6b 100644
--- a/fortran/examples/Makefile.in
+++ b/fortran/examples/Makefile.in
@@ -656,7 +656,8 @@ uninstall-local:
 install-examples: $(EXAMPLEDIR) $(INSTALL_FILES)
 	@for f in X $(INSTALL_FILES); do                                     \
 	  if test $$f != X; then                                             \
-	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(EXAMPLEDIR)/. || exit 1);\
+	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(EXAMPLEDIR)/. || exit 1);    \
+            chmod a-x $(EXAMPLEDIR)/$$f;                                     \
 	  fi;                                                                \
 	done
 	@for f in X $(INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILES); do                                   \
diff --git a/hl/c++/examples/Makefile.in b/hl/c++/examples/Makefile.in
index 837f4c8391..b7d628b4fa 100644
--- a/hl/c++/examples/Makefile.in
+++ b/hl/c++/examples/Makefile.in
@@ -613,7 +613,8 @@ uninstall-local:
 install-examples: $(EXAMPLEDIR) $(INSTALL_FILES)
 	@for f in X $(INSTALL_FILES); do                                     \
 	  if test $$f != X; then                                             \
-	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(EXAMPLEDIR)/. || exit 1);\
+	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(EXAMPLEDIR)/. || exit 1);    \
+            chmod a-x $(EXAMPLEDIR)/$$f;                                     \
 	  fi;                                                                \
 	done
 	@for f in X $(INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILES); do                                   \
diff --git a/hl/examples/Makefile.in b/hl/examples/Makefile.in
index 48cc9d96a0..c3fa91490f 100644
--- a/hl/examples/Makefile.in
+++ b/hl/examples/Makefile.in
@@ -654,7 +654,8 @@ uninstall-local:
 install-examples: $(EXAMPLEDIR) $(INSTALL_FILES)
 	@for f in X $(INSTALL_FILES); do                                     \
 	  if test $$f != X; then                                             \
-	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(EXAMPLEDIR)/. || exit 1);\
+	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(EXAMPLEDIR)/. || exit 1);    \
+            chmod a-x $(EXAMPLEDIR)/$$f;                                     \
 	  fi;                                                                \
 	done
 	@for f in X $(INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILES); do                                   \
diff --git a/hl/fortran/examples/Makefile.in b/hl/fortran/examples/Makefile.in
index 0351309e0a..62e02c5eac 100644
--- a/hl/fortran/examples/Makefile.in
+++ b/hl/fortran/examples/Makefile.in
@@ -616,7 +616,8 @@ uninstall-local:
 install-examples: $(EXAMPLEDIR) $(INSTALL_FILES)
 	@for f in X $(INSTALL_FILES); do                                     \
 	  if test $$f != X; then                                             \
-	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(EXAMPLEDIR)/. || exit 1);\
+	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(EXAMPLEDIR)/. || exit 1);    \
+            chmod a-x $(EXAMPLEDIR)/$$f;                                     \
 	  fi;                                                                \
 	done
 	@for f in X $(INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILES); do                                   \