diff -r cf499fd51df7 -r 4b7270fd3201 librazor/atomic-none.c
--- a/librazor/atomic-none.c	Sat Aug 23 16:07:09 2014 +0100
+++ b/librazor/atomic-none.c	Thu Apr 14 11:59:56 2016 +0100
@@ -98,13 +98,14 @@
 
 		if (stat(buffer, &buf) == 0) {
 			if (!S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode)) {
-				atomic->error = razor_error_new_str(buffer,
+				atomic->error = razor_error_new_str(RAZOR_POSIX_ERROR,
+								    EEXIST,
+								    buffer,
 								    "Not a directory");
 				return -1;
 			}
 		} else if (mkdir(buffer, 0777) < 0) {
-			atomic->error = razor_error_new_str(buffer,
-							    strerror(errno));
+			atomic->error = razor_error_new_posix(buffer);
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@
 	free(buf);
 #else
 	if (remove(path))
-		atomic->error = razor_error_new_str(path, strerror(errno));
+		atomic->error = razor_error_new_posix(path);
 #endif
 
 	return razor_atomic_in_error_state(atomic);
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@
 	free(oldbuf);
 #else
 	if (rename(oldpath, newpath))
-		atomic->error = razor_error_new_str(newpath, strerror(errno));
+		atomic->error = razor_error_new_posix(newpath);
 #endif
 
 	return razor_atomic_in_error_state(atomic);
@@ -187,19 +188,23 @@
 razor_atomic_create_dir(struct razor_atomic *atomic, const char *dirname,
 			mode_t mode)
 {
+	struct stat buf;
+
 	if (razor_atomic_in_error_state(atomic))
 		return -1;
 
 	if (!mkdir(dirname, mode & (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO)))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (errno != EEXIST) {
-		atomic->error = razor_error_new_str(dirname, strerror(errno));
+	if (errno != EEXIST || stat(dirname, &buf)) {
+		atomic->error = razor_error_new_posix(dirname);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (chmod(dirname, mode & (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO)) < 0) {
-		atomic->error = razor_error_new_str(dirname, strerror(errno));
+	if (!S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode)) {
+		atomic->error = razor_error_new_str(RAZOR_POSIX_ERROR, EEXIST,
+						    action->args.path,
+						    "Not a directory");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -215,13 +220,14 @@
 
 #if HAVE_SYMLINK
 	if (symlink(target, path) < 0) {
-		atomic->error = razor_error_new_str(path, strerror(errno));
+		atomic->error = razor_error_new_posix(path);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 #else
-	atomic->error = razor_error_new_str(NULL,
+	atomic->error = razor_error_new_str(RAZOR_GENERAL_ERROR,
+					    RAZOR_GENERAL_ERROR_FAILED, NULL,
 					    "Symbolic links not supported "
 					    "on this platform");
 
@@ -242,7 +248,7 @@
 		  mode & (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO));
 
 	if (fd == -1)
-		atomic->error = razor_error_new_str(filename, strerror(errno));
+		atomic->error = razor_error_new_posix(filename);
 
 	return fd;
 }