tested here: https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/master/tests/cp/link-preserve.sh#L82-L87 and following https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/5308 ``` rm -rf a b touch a; chmod 731 a umask 077 ./target/debug/coreutils cp -a --no-preserve=mode a b ls -l b|cut -b-10 ``` With GNU: `-rw-------` with our: `-rwx------`