[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#683765: Bug#683765: default umask gets overidden
Hello,
thank you very much for your help.
The umask returned in the .xsession xterm is 0022.
Does this mean gdm is wrongly setting the umask?
Could you then please reassign this bug to gdm?
> > Package: xfce4
> >
> > Hello,
> > this is in debian stable (squeeze).
> >
> > Something in the desktop environment sets the default umask
> > to an explicit value (0022), instead of leaving it as set according
> > to the system's default settings.
> >
> > (The default umask is set with pam_umask according to
> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktopHowTo)
> >
> > Executed in an xfce-terminal or xterm:
> > ~$ umask
> > 0022
> >
> > while a text console gives a correct:
> > ~$ umask
> > 0002
> > (as set by pam_umask.so usergroups)
>
> How do you start Xfce? Can you try to put an xterm in .xsession and see
> what umask you get there?
>
> Regards,
> --
> Yves-Alexis
>
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