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Re: default umask in actual debian?



On Ma, 07 ian 20, 14:44:55, Hans wrote:
> Hi folks, 
> 
> it is now a long time, since I needed to make a fresh install of debian (see, 
> how fine it is working!)
> 
> Just a question: What is actual the default umask in debian? I believe, it is 
> 022, and people should change this to 027 (like the manual says).
> 
> Is this still so? If it is still 022 by default, shouldn't it be 027 by 
> default, just for better security? Well, might be , that some application then 
> could not read the personal configuration in ~/user, but this would be rather 
> seldom.

Considering that Debian is using user private groups in my opinion the 
umask should be relaxed to 002.

https://wiki.debian.org/UserPrivateGroups

Kind regards,
Andrei
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