Followup -- see this thread from 2004:<br>
    <a href="http://www.digipedia.pl/usenet/thread/16496/9413/">http://www.digipedia.pl/usenet/thread/16496/9413/</a><br><br>Looks like at one point, someone fixed this problem in the way I suggested.  But then a user on that thread found directory permissions of 755 too restrictive, which may have gotten the fix removed.  <br>

<br>One way to make everyone happy might be to ensure that a newly created directory has permissions of *at least* 755.  (Although it&#39;s a bit peculiar to handle directories this way when files are standardly 644 ...)<br>

<br>-jason<br>