Description of problem: mkdir doesn't honour the mode option when the parents option is used. The leaf directories have their permissions set correctly, but the parent directory has the permissions according to your umask.
How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. umask 077 2. mkdir --parents --mode 755 project/subproject 3. ls -ld project project/subproject Actual results: drwx------. 3 flatcap flatcap 60 Apr 23 14:17 project drwxr-xr-x. 2 flatcap flatcap 40 Apr 23 14:17 project/subproject Expected results: drwxr-xr-x. 3 flatcap flatcap 60 Apr 23 14:17 project drwxr-xr-x. 2 flatcap flatcap 40 Apr 23 14:17 project/subproject Additional info: mkdir (GNU coreutils) 8.17 fedora 18
