lock other users from you /home

czon · 08-18-2005, 11:05 PM

hmm look at this

first i edit .bash_profile

Code:

nano /home/czon/.bash_profile

change to "umask 077" and save

then...

Code:

chmod -R 700 /home/czon
mkdir testing
ls -al
drwxr-xr-x   2 czon czon      4096 2005-08-19 05:52 testing

why is it still wrong?

saman007uk · 08-19-2005, 04:02 PM

Logout and login, also make sure there are no umask entries in other files overwriting this.

Tinkster · 08-19-2005, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by czon
Tinkster, if you bother to read both threads you will find out that i was first posting in newbie forum, BUT i got i got "help" from a guy that gave me wrong command and i got locked out from my linux account and had to boot up windoze to keep contact with the forum and my online HOWTO's.

Therefor i posted same question again, but this time in Debian just to get help from others with same OS as me.. if you really have to close one, close the thread in newbie forum, and i hope you can understand why i broke the forum rules this time.

thanks czon

I did indeed bother to read them both, but can't see your explanation
to be a good reason to start a new thread. And no, file permissions
aren't different in debian. And no, chmod and chown don't work
differently in debian, either. And no, just because it's the debian
forum people still won't necessarily be able to help faster or better
than anywhere else.

As to answer the problem as to WHY your umask doesn't work:

Chances are that you're using a terminal in an X session.
Chances are that that terminal isn't treated as a login-shell
and your umask doesn't work for that reason.
Chances are that there's a .bashrc that sets different values.

To see what umask you're REALLY using, run umask (with
no parameters at all) in that shell.

Cheers,
Tink

czon · 08-19-2005, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tinkster
I did indeed bother to read them both, but can't see your explanation
to be a good reason to start a new thread. And no, file permissions
aren't different in debian. And no, chmod and chown don't work
differently in debian, either. And no, just because it's the debian
forum people still won't necessarily be able to help faster or better
than anywhere else.

As to answer the problem as to WHY your umask doesn't work:

Chances are that you're using a terminal in an X session.
Chances are that that terminal isn't treated as a login-shell
and your umask doesn't work for that reason.
Chances are that there's a .bashrc that sets different values.

To see what umask you're REALLY using, run umask (with
no parameters at all) in that shell.

Cheers,
Tink

I still think i did the right thing, cause there was no one in newbie forum who corrected his misstake at the time and i was locked out. therefor i tryed my luck in another forum. why in debian forum? well ive posted here before and i get help that works, sometimes people here replay fast, and im using debian myself.. has nothing to do with me thinking debian people are "uber" helpers who answer faster and better then rest of the forum. i do most my post here in debian but i read alot threads from other forums to learn so i do know theres alot of good people around. (read my post in general, and if you want.. move it to feedback forum so i dont have to dubblepost again

j/k

as you can see i still think im right... but i get your point and i wont dubblepost again, and i will take my time and read your rules

BTW umask do give me 0022 but theres no umask line in .bashrc
what should i do? kill x and chmod and edit .bash_profile ?

thanks, czon