* Link, Pete <plink at fna.com> > How would I do that, so that everytime a new directory is created it > and its contents have a umask of 027 Looks like the umask is being set in the C side of things: $ grep umask * mimedefang-multiplexor.c: umask(077); mimedefang.c: umask(077); mimedefang.pl.in: # In case umask is whacked...