Hi Guys,

I want to know is there any method to create a file having 777 permission. I am aware of umask, since it is only giving max. 666 permission for files this is not fulfilling my needs.

Thanks in advance

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Hi,

Before going to touch the file, use the umask command.

umask 777
touch filename

Thank you for the reply. But I think the maximum value that we can give for umask is 000.? So that it will create create maximum permission for files and folders.? files (666-000) & folders (777-000). I tried by giving umask 777, it is not even giving any permission also.

which operating system you are currently working on?
It's working fine in my unix system.

Cheers,
Ranga

@rangarasan: umask doesn't work that way. It masks permissions defined in its parameter and not provides permissions.

So, when you say umask 022 , you're masking write permission for group and others.

@sanoop: When you say umask 777 , you're masking all permissions. So no permission will be provided to file.

A work-around would be to create a file and then provide necessary permissions: touch filename; chmod 777 filename

Thanks mate

@rangarasan - I have sun operating system
@balajesuri - Yes you are correct, I am getting zero permission for the file.

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@balajesuri - Yeah, but I want to avoid the scenario where changing permission after creating a file using chmod.
Do you guys believe there is no other method to achieve the same.?