This is a regression test for bugs in the nfsacl protocol extension. The test should be run on an NFS export mount with ACL support. Create a test directory and file. $ umask 022 $ mkdir -p test/sub $ echo blah > test/sub/blah $ cp -rp test/sub test/sub2 $ find test/sub2 | sort | xargs ls -dl | awk '{print $1,$8}' > drwxr-xr-x test/sub2 > -rw-r--r-- test/sub2/blah $ rm -rf test/sub2 $ setfacl -m u:daemon:rwx test/sub $ setfacl -dm u:daemon:rwx test/sub $ getfattr -m- test/sub > # file: test/sub > system.posix_acl_access > system.posix_acl_default > $ cp -rp test/sub test/sub2 $ find test/sub2 | sort | xargs ls -dl | awk '{print $1,$8}' > drwxrwxr-x+ test/sub2 > -rw-r--r-- test/sub2/blah $ rm -rf test/sub2 $ setfacl -m u:daemon:rw test/sub/blah $ cp -rp test/sub test/sub2 $ find test/sub2 | sort | xargs ls -dl | awk '{print $1,$8}' > drwxrwxr-x+ test/sub2 > -rw-rw-r--+ test/sub2/blah $ rm -rf test/sub2 Clean up. $ rm -rf test