Re: changing default umask on useradd
Quoting Martin Bialasinski (martin@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de):
>
> >> "Chad" == Chad A Adlawan <chadi@plutus.draftpro.com> writes:
>
> Chad> does anyone know of a way to change the default "useradd" or
> Chad> "adduser" behaviour in terms of giving permissions to the new
> Chad> users home directory ? that is, when u add a new user, the
> Chad> permission on his/her new home dir is set at 755.
>
> The value is hardcoded into the file. You may want to file a wishlist
> bug to make it configurable via /etc/adduser.conf
>
> If you crerate the directory with the wanted permissions before
> calling adduser, adduser will simply this directory.
>
> So make yourself a custom script (myadduser or such), that creates the
> directory and calls adduser afterwards.
Alternatively, set the permissions afterwards. If you create the directory
first, the skeleton files won't be copied because adduser assumes the home
directory is not to be mucked about with.
Cheers,
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