Problem with default ACLs and mask

[Victor Sudakov]

Heinrich Rebehn wrote:
> 

[dd]
> Am i doing something wrong here? Why is the mask not propagated?

I am afraid the current umask prevents it.
You must set it to something like "umask 002" before you create your
files or directories (the group write bit matters here).

> 
> Update: I saw a post suggesting using different umasks, but that did not
> work either (besides being a bit clumsy solution).

I agree it may be clumsy but it does work, I use it.
Set the user's umask from login.conf

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