Setting a umask to 006 is almost certainly not what you want. Not a knock, but I just wanted to explain it so that the issue is clear. Technically, yes you are correct that files are created with a mask of 666, unless the files are executable. In that case they would come out with a mask of 777. So, if you set your umask to 006 and then you go to link a file, then that file would have a mask of 771 (rwxrwx--x) which is probably not what you want. This is why common values for each of the digits of a umask are either 2 to prevent writing, or 7 to prevent all access. -- -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Stranger things have happened but none stranger than this. Steven W. Orr- Does your driver's license say Organ Donor?Black holes are where God \ -------divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all individuals!--------- On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, rpjday wrote: =>On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Gary Nielson wrote: => =>> Hi, =>> =>> I need to make a system-wide change so that every user when creating a =>> file will have it set to rw-rw----. So the umask setting would be 007. I =>> understand that by changing the setting in /etc/profile, it will go into =>> effect system wide for all current and new users. Is that right? Does this =>> have the same effect as adding "umask 007" to each user's .bashrc file. Or =>> if changing it for an individual user, should it be the .bash_profile =>> file? Finally, when changing /etc/profile, I do not understand what the =>> following means: =>> =>> if [ `id -gn` = `id -un` -a `id -u` -gt 14 ]; then =>> umask 002 =>> else =>> umask 022 =>> fi =>> =>> Since all files are now created on my system with a umask level of 002, I =>> am *assuming* that I would make the change to 002 in the above if/else =>> statement, but I am not sure what the above does, so I don't want to =>> change it without first understanding it. => =>1) setting a umask in /etc/profile doesn't prevent users from => setting it to some other value in their own .bash_profile => =>2) technically, files are created with a starting permission of => rw-rw-rw-, or 666. so your umask need only take out the final => two permissions, as in "umask 006". _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
