Re: what is umask?
"Osman" <osmansm@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Dear Member what is umask?
> and what is the relationship between umask and the file permission
man umask
Umask dictates the default permissions given to newly created files.
$ umask 0077
$ touch foo
foo will have -rw------- permissions
$ umask 0007
$ touch foo2
foo2 will have -rw-rw---- granting group members write access
(generally not what you want).
Best Regards,
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Todd H.
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