Re: [Nolug] "automatically" setting file permissions to -rw-rw-rw-

  Well, I gave it a try....

  Yes, I saw that I managed to screw up the spelling - it should have been
umask instead of uNmask. Thanks for not jumping up and down on me about
that....

   changing etc/profile umask 111 and restarting

  Computer slow as molasses on a cold day.
  Mouse pointer very jerky.

  Tried creating and saving an Open Office Word Processing file, checked
permissions and STILL -rw-r--r-- !

  Changed to umask 011 and restarted
    Computer speed back to normal
    Permissions unchanged upon create/save exit program, then check
permissions.

  Do I need to go somewhere else and fool with 'mode' or 'open(2)' ?
Wherever that may be.....

  I did the man umask and there were some referrals to those two
items...

  Thanks again.

Tom 18 FEB 03
Thomas E. Stirewalt Jr.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Raeder" <mikey@otisinc1.net>
To: <nolug@joeykelly.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Nolug] "automatically" setting file permissions to -rw-rw-rw-

> T.E.Stirewalt wrote:
>
> > *I am unabashedly a newbie to any flavor of Linux.*
> > **
> > *I need some help, information, instructions, something....*
> > **
> > *I want to 'automatically' set file permissions to -rw-rw-rw- instead
> > of -rw-r--r-- *
>
> man umask for details. 'umask' sets file creation mask (or default
> creation bits).
>
> So, to do what you want, you'd go something like this...
>
> #>umask 111 directory name
>
> It's set up kinda the opposite of chmod. Where 'chmod' gives, 'umask'
> takes away, so we're just taking away the Execute with the above example.
>
> Read 4
> Write 2
> Execute 1
>
> And, for your existing documents, as scary as it is to type, you can
> change those permissions with...
> #>chmod 666 filename
> ;^)
>
> HTH, HAND.
> --
> Since-beer-leekz,
> Mikey
> If you choke a smurf, what colour does it turn?
>
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