Created a new directory in my home directory with the following: mkdir test created an empty file in this directory with: touch test/empty When I list the contents of this path I get the following: $ ls -Al test total 0 --w-rw----+ 1 kdstah GROUP_CHANGED 0 Jan 21 16:35 empty My umask is set to 0022 My home directory has the following permissions: 750 (use ssh) /etc/fstab is configured with: none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0 If I create the same file within any existing directory, the umask is honored. Any thoughts? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple