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# 1  
Old 08-01-2008
umask

Due to urgent requirement to resolve some permission issues , I wish
to set solaris 8 server so that any file written is on 777 .

I guess need to set umask , how to set it ??
# 2  
Old 08-01-2008
set umask to 027, /etc/profile is the file to be updated.
# 3  
Old 08-01-2008
NOTE: all files created from now on will have the default permission of 750
# 4  
Old 08-01-2008
Or in reality often 640, because umask alone does not determine the result. The application which creates the file requests a file mode -- usually 644 or 666 -- and umask merely restricts that further.

You don't really want everything to be 777; if you do, sorry, you should be fired. Nothing personal, but the practice of using 777 is catastrophically sloppy.
# 5  
Old 08-01-2008
Thats y I recommended 750 instead... falcon16 , Never compromise on security on any circumstances
# 6  
Old 03-18-2009
If you need to have this then

Umask 000 will sort you
  1. any ordinary file will have 444
  2. directories 777

set this in /etc/profile
ie. Umask=000
But I dont recomend this..... Unsecured
# 7  
Old 03-18-2009
If every file has permissions of 777 then anybody can edit or delete them, yuck!
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