hello there, fine that something notices this old report. Sadly, I can report that it still behaves same in the leap: howto-reproduce: # useradd -K UMASK=0077 -m darth-vader # ls -la /home/darth-vader/ total 56 drwx------ 7 darth-vader users 4096 Oct 24 15:52 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Oct 24 15:52 .. -rw------- 1 darth-vader users 0 May 18 1996 .bash_history -rw-r--r-- 1 darth-vader users 1177 May 16 16:08 .bashrc drwxr-xr-x 2 darth-vader users 4096 Oct 7 2016 bin drwx------ 2 darth-vader users 4096 Oct 7 2016 .config -rw-r--r-- 1 darth-vader users 1637 Sep 11 2014 .emacs drwxr-xr-x 2 darth-vader users 4096 Oct 7 2016 .fonts -rw-r--r-- 1 darth-vader users 305 Oct 8 2016 .i18n -rw-r--r-- 1 darth-vader users 861 Sep 11 2014 .inputrc drwx------ 2 darth-vader users 4096 Oct 7 2016 .local -rw-r--r-- 1 darth-vader users 1028 May 16 16:08 .profile drwxr-xr-x 2 darth-vader users 4096 Jun 1 09:29 public_html -rw-r--r-- 1 darth-vader users 1952 Oct 8 2016 .xim.template -rwxr-xr-x 1 darth-vader users 1112 May 30 11:51 .xinitrc.template sadly second time, we can even extend this bug to: `useradd handle with perms incorrectly when requested anything beyond umask 0022' because if you use -U (create group with same name as user and assign user to it) it does 755 rights for others so it makes not a big sense, because -U is supposed to imply 0027 umask or such like # userdel -r darth-vader no crontab for darth-vader # ls -ld ~darth-vader ls: cannot access '~darth-vader': No such file or directory # useradd -Um darth-vader # ls -la /home/darth-vader/ total 56 drwxr-xr-x 7 darth-vader darth-vader 4096 Oct 24 15:55 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Oct 24 15:55 .. -rw------- 1 darth-vader darth-vader 0 May 18 1996 .bash_history -rw-r--r-- 1 darth-vader darth-vader 1177 May 16 16:08 .bashrc drwxr-xr-x 2 darth-vader darth-vader 4096 Oct 7 2016 bin drwx------ 2 darth-vader darth-vader 4096 Oct 7 2016 .config -rw-r--r-- 1 darth-vader darth-vader 1637 Sep 11 2014 .emacs drwxr-xr-x 2 darth-vader darth-vader 4096 Oct 7 2016 .fonts -rw-r--r-- 1 darth-vader darth-vader 305 Oct 8 2016 .i18n -rw-r--r-- 1 darth-vader darth-vader 861 Sep 11 2014 .inputrc drwx------ 2 darth-vader darth-vader 4096 Oct 7 2016 .local -rw-r--r-- 1 darth-vader darth-vader 1028 May 16 16:08 .profile drwxr-xr-x 2 darth-vader darth-vader 4096 Jun 1 09:29 public_html -rw-r--r-- 1 darth-vader darth-vader 1952 Oct 8 2016 .xim.template -rwxr-xr-x 1 darth-vader darth-vader 1112 May 30 11:51 .xinitrc.template regards, daniel