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Old 12-16-2005
changing default file permissions
How can I change the default permissions that are assigned when I create a file? (By default the file has: -rw-r--r-- ..... I'd like it to be -rw-r-----

How can I change this default behavior?
# 2  
Old 12-16-2005
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Originally Posted by FredSmith
How can I change the default permissions that are assigned when I create a file? (By default the file has: -rw-r--r-- ..... I'd like it to be -rw-r-----

How can I change this default behavior?
man umask

Carl
# 3  
Old 12-17-2005
try this
$chmod 644
# 4  
Old 12-18-2005
put the following in .profile

Code:
umask  026

# 5  
Old 12-27-2005
I put umask 077 (the permissions that I want, RWX for owner, nothing for group or all) in the .profile.

But after I logout and log back in, it's as if it is not working. Is .profile the correct file to put this line into?
# 6  
Old 12-27-2005
You need to put the line in the startup file for whatever shell you are using. That way, when your shell starts after you login, it will set the umask. .profile is a common name for the startup file. But we need to know what shell you use to be sure.
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Old 12-27-2005
echo $SHELL
/bin/ksh


Thanks!
 
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