Re: umask - default user settings?

[Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>]

On 15/07/2024 09:15, Alan D. Salewski wrote:
> I suspect that most people /do/ change it, once they become aware of it, 
> for the very reason stated in the comment above 'UMASK' in the 
> /etc/login.defs file:
>
> <quote>
>      # UMASK is the default umask value for pam_umask and is used by
>      # useradd and newusers to set the mode of the new home directories.
>      # 022 is the "historical" value in Debian for UMASK
>      # 027, or even 077, could be considered better for privacy
>      # There is no One True Answer here : each sysadmin must make up 
> his/her
>      # mind.
>      ...
>      UMASK       022
> </quote>

Have you tried to change it?

<https://bugs.debian.org/583958>
<https://bugs.debian.org/646692>
pam_umask: umask in /etc/login.defs not respected cause libpam_umask is 
not configured
Fixed in versions pam/1.5.3-1, pam/1.5.3-4
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 05:31:34 +0000

Not to mention systemd user sessions discussed in another branch of this 
thread.