Well, I thought that it would only be needed to change UMASK in /etc/login.defs but it does not work on Sarge/Sid. The parsing of the file is weak, and will fail if a commented line with UMASK in it is present before the right one, uncommented. Anybody knows where to look before I spend a whole week on it? Thanks -- Jérôme Warnier Consultant BeezNest http://beeznest.net