Sorry if this question has been asked many times before. On a new CentOS 7 system, when I create files they end up with strange permissions. For example, as root: [root at server ~]# umask 0000 [root at server ~]# touch a [root at server ~]# ls -l a -r--r----- 1 root root 0 Oct 10 11:45 a As a regular user: [stern at server ~]$ umask 0000 [stern at server ~]$ touch b [stern at server ~]$ ls -l b -rw------- 1 stern stern 0 Oct 10 11:47 b In both cases the permsissions should have been -rw-rw-rw-. What on earth is going on, and how can I fix it? Thanks, Alan Stern