One of our Macs creates read-only files.

We've got five macs on a network, using open directory on a Xserve. In Workgroup Manager the settings for all the Macs are identical. Four of the macs work fine, but any file created by the fifth machine has read-only preferences for the other users, regardless of who's logged in.
Any ideas what's going on?
Steve

Sorry, forgot to mention we're on XSan 1.4, OsX 10.5.6, all the Macs are Intel.

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