What version of swift are you using?
swift-1.13.1.rc2 could have permissions errors,
while we included a patch in the RDO icehouse swift-1.13.1 release to fix
http://pad.lv/1302700 which on first glance could be related?
thanks,
Pádraig.
# yum info openstack-swiftLoaded plugins: priorities196 packages excluded due to repository priority protectionsInstalled PackagesName : openstack-swiftArch : noarchVersion : 1.13.1Release : 1.fc21