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Re: changing umask



On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 02:05:42PM +0000, Julián Muñoz wrote:
> I would like to know if changing default umask to 077 in /etc/profile will
> cause me problem to install and update new packages.

No, when you install a package, the permissions are already set.
The umask doesn't have any effect because when files are created, the
maintainer overwrites the permission.
> 
> I see no reference to umask in the packaging how-to.
> So in general, the permissions of the installed files will be dependent of
> our shell umask ?

No it depends on how your shell is configured.

Phil
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