defining acl on a directory as default in HPUX

[ChrisCiti]

Hi,
I'm trying to set the default acl on a directory using the command:
setacl -m default:other:r-x /data

home/cs81563>getacl /data
# file: /data
# owner: psa2
# group: sas3
user::rwx
group::r-x
class:rwx
other:r-x
default:other:r-x


My purpose is to make sure that any files created under the /data folder will inherit the permission of the folder /data.

Is the above command sufficient to do this?
When I did a "touch file" inside the folder, I did not get the same permission as the /data folder.

Please advise.
regards,
chris

[Peter Godron · Accepted solution]

Chris,
have you checked the umask etc of the user creating the new files?

See "man acl":
"Note that the default permissions specified for the file owner, file owning group, and others, will be constrained by the umask and the mode specified in the file creatio call."

[ChrisCiti]

Hi,
Ok.. looks like I need to check the umask definition. Thanks.
regarsd,
chris