diff --git a/builder/kojid b/builder/kojid
index ef19b007..e2b80cae 100755
--- a/builder/kojid
+++ b/builder/kojid
@@ -2109,7 +2109,7 @@ class NewRepoTask(BaseTaskHandler):
         repo_id, event_id = self.wait(preptask)[preptask]
         path = koji.pathinfo.repo(repo_id, tinfo['name'])
         if not os.path.isdir(path):
-            raise koji.GenericError, "Repo directory missing: %s" % repodir
+            raise koji.GenericError, "Repo directory missing: %s" % path
         arches = []
         for fn in os.listdir(path):
             if fn != 'groups' and os.path.isdir("%s/%s/RPMS" % (path, fn)):
@@ -2141,7 +2141,7 @@ class PrepRepoTask(BaseTaskHandler):
         repo_id, event_id = session.host.repoInit(tinfo['id'])
         path = koji.pathinfo.repo(repo_id, tinfo['name'])
         if not os.path.isdir(path):
-            raise koji.GenericError, "Repo directory missing: %s" % repodir
+            raise koji.GenericError, "Repo directory missing: %s" % path
         #create and upload meta rpm
         spec = "%s/groups/groups.spec" % path
         #the repoInit call should have created groups.spec
@@ -2157,7 +2157,7 @@ class PrepRepoTask(BaseTaskHandler):
         status = log_output(cmd[0], cmd, logfile, uploadpath, logerror=True)
         if not _isSuccess(status):
             raise koji.GenericError, "failed to build groups rpm: %s" \
-                    % _parseStatus(status, pkgcmd)
+                    % _parseStatus(status, ' '.join(cmd))
         #upload file and return path
         fn = 'buildsys-build-1-1.noarch.rpm'
         pkg = "%s/noarch/%s" % (self.workdir, fn)
@@ -2191,15 +2191,17 @@ class CreaterepoTask(BaseTaskHandler):
         if os.path.exists("%s/comps.xml" % repodir):
             cmd.extend(['-g', 'comps.xml'])
         #attempt to recycle repodata from last repo
-        if oldrepo:
-            oldpath = pathinfo.repo(oldrepo['id'], rinfo['tag_name'])
-            olddatadir = "%s/%s/repodata" % (oldpath, arch)
-            if not os.path.isdir(olddatadir):
-                self.logger.warn("old repodata is missing: %s" % olddatadir)
-            else:
-                koji.ensuredir(datadir)
-                os.system('cp -a %s/* %s' % (olddatadir, datadir))
-                cmd.append('--update')
+        # XXX re-enable this if statement when --update support appears in
+        # upstream createrepo
+        # if oldrepo:
+        #     oldpath = pathinfo.repo(oldrepo['id'], rinfo['tag_name'])
+        #     olddatadir = "%s/%s/repodata" % (oldpath, arch)
+        #     if not os.path.isdir(olddatadir):
+        #         self.logger.warn("old repodata is missing: %s" % olddatadir)
+        #     else:
+        #         koji.ensuredir(datadir)
+        #         os.system('cp -a %s/* %s' % (olddatadir, datadir))
+        #         cmd.append('--update')
         # note: we can't easily use a cachedir because we do not have write
         # permission. The good news is that with --update we won't need to
         # be scanning many rpms.
@@ -2211,7 +2213,7 @@ class CreaterepoTask(BaseTaskHandler):
         status = log_output(cmd[0], cmd, logfile, uploadpath, logerror=True)
         if not _isSuccess(status):
             raise koji.GenericError, "failed to create repo: %s" \
-                    % _parseStatus(status, pkgcmd)
+                    % _parseStatus(status, ' '.join(cmd))
 
         files = []
         for f in os.listdir(datadir):
diff --git a/cli/koji b/cli/koji
index 67642531..07c99969 100755
--- a/cli/koji
+++ b/cli/koji
@@ -1029,14 +1029,14 @@ def handle_list_permissions(options, session, args):
     if len(args) > 0:
         parser.error(_("This command takes no arguments"))
         assert False
-    if not options.user:
-        parser.error(_("A user must be specified"))
-        assert False
     activate_session(session)
-    user = session.getUser(options.user)
-    if not user:
-        raise koji.GenericError("%s can not be found" % options.user)
-    perms = session.getUserPerms(user['id'])
+    if options.user:
+        user = session.getUser(options.user)
+        if not user:
+            raise koji.GenericError("%s can not be found" % options.user)
+        perms = session.getUserPerms(user['id'])
+    else:
+        perms = [p['name'] for p in session.getAllPerms()]
     print perms
 
 def handle_list_signed(options, session, args):
diff --git a/hub/kojihub.py b/hub/kojihub.py
index e026770d..c59a0b48 100644
--- a/hub/kojihub.py
+++ b/hub/kojihub.py
@@ -2911,6 +2911,7 @@ def import_rpm(fn,buildinfo=None,brootid=None):
     for (filename,filesize,filemd5,fileflags) in \
             zip(hdr[rpm.RPMTAG_FILENAMES],hdr[rpm.RPMTAG_FILESIZES],
                 hdr[rpm.RPMTAG_FILEMD5S],hdr[rpm.RPMTAG_FILEFLAGS]):
+        filename = koji.fixEncoding(filename)
         q = """INSERT INTO rpmfiles (rpm_id,filename,filesize,filemd5,fileflags)
         VALUES (%(rpminfo_id)d,%(filename)s,%(filesize)d,%(filemd5)s,%(fileflags)d)
         """
@@ -2947,13 +2948,8 @@ def import_changelog(buildinfo, rpmfile, replace=False):
     for cltime, clauthor, cltext in zip(cltimelist, hdr['CHANGELOGNAME'],
                                         hdr['CHANGELOGTEXT']):
         cltime = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(cltime).isoformat(' ')
-        # XXX FIXME!
-        # Use koji.fixEncoding() instead of koji._forceAscii()
-        # once the database is in UTF-8
-        # clauthor = koji.fixEncoding(clauthor)
-        # cltext = koji.fixEncoding(cltext)
-        clauthor = koji._forceAscii(clauthor)
-        cltext = koji._forceAscii(cltext)
+        clauthor = koji.fixEncoding(clauthor)
+        cltext = koji.fixEncoding(cltext)
         q = """INSERT INTO changelogs (build_id, date, author, text) VALUES
         (%(build_id)d, %(cltime)s, %(clauthor)s, %(cltext)s)
         """
diff --git a/www/kojiweb/index.py b/www/kojiweb/index.py
index 0243db1a..aee222bb 100644
--- a/www/kojiweb/index.py
+++ b/www/kojiweb/index.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def _genHTML(req, fileName):
     else:
         req._values['currentUser'] = None
         
-    return str(Cheetah.Template.Template(file=fileName, searchList=[req._values]))
+    return Cheetah.Template.Template(file=fileName, searchList=[req._values], filter='EncodeUnicode').respond()
 
 def _getServer(req):
     serverURL = req.get_options()['KojiHubURL']