Now that I know what the problem was I will create brand new/virgin usb stick to test it all, because to be honest even if I knew the answers to your questions, I wouldn't be sure I am right...
I'll be back
ps... just realised - library directory was copied from backup directory created on another linux machine - had a look at it and all the directories are owned by "1024"
What's going on?
I am not a number....
it would appear (from my searches) that:
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...user id for users created on Linux systems starts from 1000 (at least on some) It is specified in /etc/login.defs file. So, a user with uid 1000 is the first normal user (non-root user) created on the system...
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That would explain why files created by the system were given owner number.
Still doesn't explain why they have escaped umask?