Hi.. why my umask setting can't get the "x" in the file created permission [root@w2]# umask 0022 [root@w2]# touch xxx [root@w2]# ls -l total 20 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 23 02:32 xxx [root@w2]# umask u=rwx,g=rwx,o=rx [root@w2]# touch yy [root@w2 ]# ls -l total 24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 23 02:32 xxx -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 23 02:34 yy ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com