Re: should not specify default group for users
Just to throw a monkey wrench into the works ;-)
Debian uses 002 and the "what a waste" user method. Having only lived in
this environment, I don't see the advantages of the 022 system. Aside from
"wasting" a, sometimes large, number of groups, why is 022 "superior"?
Thanks,
On Tue, 21 Mar 2000 gk4@us.ibm.com wrote:
>
>
> The umask of 022 or 002 is directly related to the "normal" user being in
> the global "users" group, or the user's own group containing only the one
> user (what a waste); therefore, the umask should be specified.
>
> The SysV, BSD, and even the GNU/Linux man pages say that the default umask
> is 022; however, I do see your point regarding 077 if I have sensitive
> information that I don't want my fellow /home users to read; however, that
> is user configurable option (beyond the default behavior) that does not
> need to be specified.
>
> "The umask is used by open(2) to set initial file permissions on a
> newly-created file. Specifically, permissions in the umask are turned
> off from the mode argument to open(2) (so, for example, the common umask
> default value of 022 results in new files being created with permission
> 0666 & ~022 = 0644 = rw-r--r-- in the usual case where the mode is
> specified as 0666). "
>
> Since there are only two of use bantering over this topic, I would be
> inclined to leave what is there as-is until we have a consensus.
>
> Best regards,
>
> PS: Just because I'm a fundamentalist doesn't mean that I'm an academic.
> :-)
>
> George Kraft IV
> gk4@us.ibm.com
> 512-838-2688; t/l 678-2688
> IBM Linux Technology Center & Linux Standards
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