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Re: Why is the default umask 022?



On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 09:17:05AM -0700, Michael Abraham Shulman wrote:
> Why does the default /etc/skel/.bash_profile set the umask to 022?
> Doesn't this defeat the purpose of having one group per user?

because user-private-groups are not mandatory in debian, and users
should know what they are doing enough to change the umask if thier
needs require it.  

just because you use the private-groups does not necessarily mean that
group writability is what is desired.

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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