> > Also, why should dirperms default to 755 instead of 700? > > They're not. The default dirperms are derived from whatever > turns out to be the fileperms setting, plus X bits. i.e. > if the user specifies fileperms=640, the default dirperms > will be 750. If they don't specify either one, the default > dirperms will be 700.
With this being clear. The owner doesn't set permissions, the default is 700. +1 Gary..