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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How can we set the Sticky bit in the umask itself Post 302257565 by Autocross.US on Wednesday 12th of November 2008 01:40:28 PM
Old 11-12-2008
I don't recommend setting the umask to allow this as a security issue, but here's how:

- Run 'umask 0' or add the command to your login profile or /etc/profile

New files will be created as 666 and new directories as 777.

- To set the sticky bit on the new directory, run: 'chmod a+t' or 'chmod 1777' on it.

Again, this is bad practice. I'd recommend using access control lists or groups instead.
 

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