default user permision

sourian · 08-27-2002, 06:53 PM

don't know if this is the right place to ask, but here I go:

I installed Bastille Linux on a redhat 7.3. The problem is that although I said no at umask question, so default 002 should be preserved, when i try to create a new file with a user, the permisions are set at 664...pretty annoying if you use the system as web development platform...

Now I checked /etc/profile and 002 is the setting there. No .bashrc in $HOME found...

What am I doing wrong?!

Please advise.

unSpawn · 08-27-2002, 09:18 PM

When you add an account ~/.bash* files are provided from /etc/skel (if it's there). ~/.bash_profile calls ~/.bashrc and ~/.bash_login, and ~/.bashrc calls /etc/bashrc at the end. If it ain't there just make one.
Btw, if you don't care for files readable for other users a mask of 002 is ok, but if you're on a one-user-per-group scheme then 027 (max perms 0750) will do better me thinks.

Sixpax · 08-28-2002, 12:33 PM

You aren't doing anything wrong... a umask of 002 equates to 664 permissions.

What permission do you want on new files?

sourian · 08-29-2002, 01:22 AM

I think 755 is the one I am looking for...

Bu isn't this calculated by this: 777 - 022 = 755?

So why 002 is 664? Shouldn't be 777 - 002 = 775?

I don't understand...from what I've read on the net this should be it...

...hmmm...have to

so more...

regards,
sourian

unSpawn · 08-29-2002, 06:13 AM

AFAIK, unless product of you compiling stuff, or if permissions are retained when unpacking files files aren't *created* with max perms of 0775.

// Note: I'm grafting this to /General, IMO I can't see any security-related question, and I gotta clean up more.

Sixpax · 08-29-2002, 11:49 AM

Files you create will not have the execute permission bit set, only directories do this. You have to set that bit manually on files.

So 002 does equate to 775 for directories and 664 for files.

As you stated though, the umask you want is 022.