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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu /etc/bashrc umask Post 302266147 by itik on Tuesday 9th of December 2008 03:33:11 PM
Old 12-09-2008
/etc/bashrc umask

Hi,

I got this redhat ent 4 assigned to me now.

/etc/bashrc

if [ "`id -gn`" = "`id -un`" -a `id -u` -gt 99 ]; then
umask 022
else
umask 077
fi

What does it mean?

I created already three user and it never had 022 umask, always 077.

Thank you in advance.
 

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umask(2)							   System Calls 							  umask(2)

NAME
umask - set and get file creation mask SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/stat.h> mode_t umask(mode_t cmask); DESCRIPTION
The umask() function sets the process's file mode creation mask to cmask and returns the previous value of the mask. Only the access per- mission bits of cmask and the file mode creation mask are used. The mask is inherited by child processes. See Intro(2) for more information on masks. RETURN VALUES
The previous value of the file mode creation mask is returned. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Async-Signal-Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
mkdir(1), sh(1), Intro(2), chmod(2), creat(2), mknod(2), open(2), stat.h(3HEAD), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.11 28 Dec 1996 umask(2)
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