hi All, This is not OK, am I right? Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong? Lustre 1.6.4.3 on CentoS 5.2, client is 2.6.26+b1_8 on FC8. $ getfacl . # file: . # owner: root # group: root user::rwx group::r-x mask::rwx other::r-x default:user::rwx default:user:user:rwx default:group::r-x default:mask::rwx default:other::r-x $ mkdir 1 $ getfacl 1 # file: 1 # owner: root # group: root user::rwx user:user:rwx #effective:r-x group::r-x *mask::r-x* other::r-x default:user::rwx default:user:user:rwx default:group::r-x default:mask::rwx default:other::r-x Why has it changed? The same on ext3: $ getfacl 1 # file: 1 # owner: root # group: root user::rwx user:user:rwx #effective:r-x group::r-x mask::r-x other::r-x default:user::rwx default:user:user:rwx default:group::r-x default:mask::rwx default:other::r-x $ mkdir 1 $ getfacl 1 # file: 1 # owner: root # group: root user::rwx user:user:rwx group::r-x mask::rwx other::r-x default:user::rwx default:user:user:rwx default:group::r-x default:mask::rwx default:other::r-x From this it''s a bit offtopic. Maybe somebody can say, why is this on ext3. So going forward on the above: $ mkdir 1/2 $ mkdir -p 3/4 $ getfacl 1/2/ # file: 1/2 # owner: root # group: root user::rwx user:user:rwx group::r-x mask::rwx other::r-x default:user::rwx default:user:user:rwx default:group::r-x default:mask::rwx default:other::r-x $ getfacl 3 # file: 3 # owner: root # group: root user::rwx user:user:rwx #effective:r-x group::r-x *mask::r-x* other::r-x default:user::rwx default:user:user:rwx default:group::r-x default:mask::rwx default:other::r-x Why has it changed? Thanks very much, tamas