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rajaram 12-05-2001 09:28 AM

Setting up permissions
 
I am using RedHat Linux version 7.1.


how to set the default permission for newly created files?

thanks,
Rajaram.

trickykid 12-05-2001 11:05 AM

chmod will change permissions..

man chmod for more details..

ryandelany 12-05-2001 02:55 PM

chmod will allow you to change file permissions after a file is already created. If you want to set up a default file permission scheme, use umask

Here is a link to some more info about umask

www.linux.com/howto/Security-HOWTO-5.html#umask

Ryan


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