* Dmitriy (ace22b@yahoo.com) [010903 02:01]: > On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 10:02:03AM +0200, Guy Geens wrote: > > >>>>> "ace22b" == ace22b <ace22b@yahoo.com> writes: > > > > >>>>> "Eduard" == Eduard Bloch wrote: > > > > Eduard> Put "umask=000" to the other options in /etc/fstab. "man > > Eduard> mount" will tell you more about needed options, eg. gid or > > Eduard> uid. > > > > ace22b> I know it's '000', but why ? > > > > ace22b> Why not 666? I was rather puzzled by this a couple of years > > ace22b> ago... > > > > Umask is the `reverse' of the permissions. If a bit is set in the > > umask, it means `don't set this bit in the permissions of a new > > file/directory'. > > > > So, using umask=0 will give you all permissions bits set. > Ah, I c. > > That makes sense. Thanks alot. The reason is that it can't be used to "add" any permissions. You can only mask out permissions to increase restrictions, but if a bit was never set in the first place, umask never turns it on. -- Vineet http://www.anti-dmca.org Unauthorized use of this .sig may constitute violation of US law. echo Qba\'g gernq ba zr\! |tr 'a-zA-Z' 'n-za-mN-ZA-M'
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