"Bill Moran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to set my default permissions for X windows apps. > I've set my umask for bash, which works great when I'm in a > terminal, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on X apps > (such as the Mozilla downloader, for example, or when I create > new files with Code Crusader) > Files are created rw-------, which is pretty restrictive when > working on the server (something like rw-rw---- would be more > appropriate - it's what I have the umask set to in bash) > Is there a way to globally set the umask for all X apps? It's > very easy to forget and the other members of my team keep chewing > me out. I tried calling the umask command from my .xinitrc file, > but it doesn't seem to have any effect.
It *should* work -- it does for me. [Although, in my case, it's the .xsession file, because I use xdm.] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
