User umask

Harlin · 08-13-2007, 08:01 AM

I have a user named msmith. I have this entry in his .bash_profile:

set umask 775

However, when he creates a file, it always creates it as 664 instead of 775 -- not allowing the file to be executable. Is there anyway to fix this so that his file is always fully 775?

Thanks,

Harlin

stress_junkie · 08-13-2007, 09:37 AM

umask is not an environment variable. It is a utility. Try this.

Code:

umask 775

However this umask will create a permission string of 002 which I doubt that you want. The mask is the binary opposite, or complement, of the permission string that you want. If you want a permission string of 775 then the umask value is 002.

Code:

umask 002

Also the executable bit is never set when a file is created. You always have to set the executable bit manually after the file is created.