Ken Teague wrote at 2010-01-06 15:59 -0600: > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 1:30 PM, green <[1]greenfreedom10@gmail.com> wrote: > > For files that already exist, I would use > > u=rwX,g=rX,o= > > I do not know how that translates to the number. > > Note that will leave execution bits on non-directory files that already have > >them for some user. > > > > I use umask 0027 so that new files have permissions -rw-r-----. > > In his original e-mail, Mr. Cohen is looking for permissions so that other > users can not read or access his data. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that > pretty much leaves us with mode 700, umask 077. Hmm, you are correct. I carelessly assumed that (1) any files owned by groups other than his personal group (owned by other than user:user), and (2) any users in his personal group, were that way for a reason. But he probably doesn't want all his files marked as executable. $ umask 0077 $ touch abc $ ls -lh abc -rw------- 1 user user 0 2010-01-06 16:36 abc $ chmod 700 abc $ ls -lh abc -rwx------ 1 user user 0 2010-01-06 16:36 abc So I change my suggestion to u=rwX,g=,o= Is that possible with numeric form (the execute bit)?
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