Re: Help! File permissions keep changing...
Incoming from John Hardcastle:
>
> So the default file permissions don't do what you want.
> $ umask
> Read the manual page for the umask command,
> $ man umask
> As root, change the umask in /etc/profile to reflect the permissions you
> want.
> # vi /etc/profile
> Then have all users logout and login again. Their $HOME/.bashrc will
> read /etc/profile and their umask will reflect your changes.
... Except where their own $HOME/.bashrc changes umask, in which case
you'll be left to track those down. However, they should stand out
like a sore thumb now.
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