> > Is there a global setting to set the umask for all applications to use 002? > > Probably not. > If the application insists on giving a file permissions, let's say, 0600 > you can't forbid it with umask. With umask you can only prohibit them > from giving some permissions. Not the other way around, as is in your > case :-(
Ok. Any ideas where to configure it Konqueror, Mozilla and Kmail? These are the apps I need to configure to save files with the 002 umask setting. BTW. thanks for support and help with this query of mine. Appreciate it. Rishi
