diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.files.ui/src/org/eclipse/rse/files/ui/resources/UniversalFileTransferUtility.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.files.ui/src/org/eclipse/rse/files/ui/resources/UniversalFileTransferUtility.java
index 07e825793fc..69a479a59dc 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.files.ui/src/org/eclipse/rse/files/ui/resources/UniversalFileTransferUtility.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.files.ui/src/org/eclipse/rse/files/ui/resources/UniversalFileTransferUtility.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
  * David McKnight     (IBM)      - [236723] UniversalFileTransferUtility..uploadResourcesFromWorkspace should query remote folder encoding
  * Radoslav Gerganov (ProSyst)   - [231428] [files] NPE on canceling copy operation from remote host
  * David McKnight     (IBM)      - [262092] Special characters are missing when pasting a file on a different connection
+ * David McKnight     (IBM)      - [271831] Set the readonly file attribute when download the file
  *******************************************************************************/
 
 package org.eclipse.rse.files.ui.resources;
@@ -266,12 +267,9 @@ public class UniversalFileTransferUtility {
 			}
 			if (tempFile.exists())
 			{
-				// if the file is virtual, set read only if necessary
-				// TODO: why set this here? And why for virtual only??
-				if (srcFileOrFolder instanceof IVirtualRemoteFile)
-				{
-					setReadOnly(tempFile, srcFileOrFolder.canWrite());
-				}
+				// set the appropriate readonly flag
+				boolean readOnly = !srcFileOrFolder.canWrite();
+				setReadOnly(tempFile, readOnly);
 
 				if (remoteEncoding != null)
 				{
@@ -577,13 +575,10 @@ public class UniversalFileTransferUtility {
 				{
 					if (tempFile.exists())
 					{
-						// if the file is virtual, set read only if necessary
-						// TODO: why set this here? And why for virtual only??
-						if (srcFileOrFolder instanceof IVirtualRemoteFile)
-						{
-							setReadOnly(tempFile, srcFileOrFolder.canWrite());
-						}
-
+						// set the appropriate readonly flag
+						boolean readOnly = !srcFileOrFolder.canWrite();
+						setReadOnly(tempFile, readOnly);
+						
 						try
 						{
 							if (remoteEncoding != null)
@@ -978,6 +973,10 @@ public class UniversalFileTransferUtility {
 				boolean shouldUseBin = RemoteFileUtility.getSystemFileTransferModeRegistry().isBinary(srcFileOrFolder);
 				if (storedModifiedStamp == remoteModifiedStamp && (usedBin == shouldUseBin))
 				{
+					// set the appropriate readonly flag
+					boolean readOnly = !srcFileOrFolder.canWrite();
+					setReadOnly(tempFile, readOnly);
+					
 					return tempFile;
 				}
 			}
@@ -1006,6 +1005,10 @@ public class UniversalFileTransferUtility {
 			}
 			if (tempFile.exists())
 			{
+				// set the appropriate readonly flag
+				boolean readOnly = !srcFileOrFolder.canWrite();
+				setReadOnly(tempFile, readOnly);
+				
 				if (RemoteFileUtility.getSystemFileTransferModeRegistry().isText(srcFileOrFolder))
 				{
 					try