Re: umask

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

Alan Chandler (<alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk>) wrote:

> Where does umask get set when using kdm/X
> 
> I have changed it in /etc/login.defs and ~/.bash_profile from 22 to 27
> 
> However, starting up konsole in kde and checking it - it still says
> 22.

If you open a console window, the normal invocation for non-login shells
is used. If you use bash, it will read ~/.bashrc, but not
~/.bash_profile. You should add the umask line to ~/.bashrc and tell
~/.bash_profile to read ~/.bashrc.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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