Description of problem: if one sets a umask in /etc/profile, nautilus will respect this umask when creating a new folder. However, when creating a new file, nautilus ignores the umask and always creates with perms 0600 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): nautilus-2.8.1-4 How reproducible: 100% of time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set a umask in /etc/profile (eg 000) 2. In nautilus, right click and select Create - Empty File Actual results: New file has mode 0600 Expected results: New file has some other mode depending on the umask setting Additional info: