On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 14:47, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Bret Hughes wrote: > > > On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 11:04, Jianping Zhu wrote: > > > I have a redhat 7.1 box server, now the the defautl umask for every user > > > is 022, how can I change it to 002? > > > Thanks > > > > > > > As root edit /etc/bashrc. There should be code in there to set the > > umask. > > > > This has most likely been changed from the original install and I guess > > could have been changed in the /etc/skel/.bashrc instead. > > if you want to change some user-wide property, you might want to > avoid actually editing /etc system files. while this will work, > any changes you make to files like /etc/profile or /etc/bashrc > will be lost if you upgrade and the upgrade installs a new > copy of that file. > > you're better off adding extra files to the directory > /etc/profile.d, which are sourced automatically from the bottom > of /etc/profile. that way, you can keep all your changes in > the same place, and it's much easier after an upgrade to just > restore your extra files to that directory. >
Very good point. I usually work really hard to keep changes upgrade safe and will add this to my tool box. Thanks. Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
