Re: new to debian; some questions

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Joey Hess writes ("new to debian; some questions"):
...
> Does debian use the "user groups" system that redhat uses, that makes each
> user be in a group containing only themselves, so the umask can be set to
> 002? I see in /etc/group that each user does get placed in their own
> group. But I see in /etc/profile that the umask is set to 022.. Can I
> change that to 002 safely? 

Yes, you can, but adduser will edit it when it installs people's
.profile's anyway.

Ian.