Hello to all;

Good Morning to Everyone.

I am from India.
i have some confusion with umask. I know this is very question but i want clarify some doubts.

>> FROM ORACLE USER >>
>> AS ROOT USER >>

>> FROM foo user >>

# root user umask is 0022 and oracle user umask is 0022
but foo user 0002

user foo and user oracle both are local user why umask differs here ?

Umask is a value set in your profile file i.e. in /etc/profile or as far as I remember somewhere in .bashrc (for bash shell) or .cshrc (c shell) or in ~/.login. It's used to set permission mode on files that you create.

Any file that you create, gets permission based on umask value set in your profile. If umask is set to 0022, then the newly created file will get permission mode of 644.

In your case, you are getting different values, because they're set in corresponding user's profiles. Root and Oracle user are getting 0022 from /etc/profile as they may not have umask set in their personal profile file.

Anyway, you can find it as:-

You need to understand what umask is, and how it works...did you look up anything regarding umask yet?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umask
http://linuxzoo.net/page/sec_umask.html
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/unders...lue-usage.html

A umask of 022 allows only you to write data, but anyone can read data....umask of 002 is for sharing data with members of the same group. Different user permissions/setup = different umasks and rights.

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Hi tbone ;

Thanks for your reply. I know basic umask settings.
i asked by default why both user having different value ? [ it's my ques]
I was waiting for long time to get reply. Just now i got reply from here.
but i already done few testings. I am sharing here.

>> Usr1 with Primary Group and umask is 0022 >>

>> User(rose) with oinstall(secondary) and umask is 0002 >>

Why i posted this .. A

usr1 added with primary (-g) oinstall group so umask is 0022
rose user added with secondery (-G) oinstall group so umask is 0002.
Even rose user with oinstall group , o/p showing group name is "ROSE".please see 2nd o/p.
Please reply am i right ? i am not a linux guy i belong oracle background. i need clarification for what i posted above output.
Please reply ... Expecting reply .......

If you already know what umask is, then that answers your question. Again, the umasks will vary, depending on how the user was set up, and what permissions that user has, simple as that.
"Long time"?? Less than 24 hours...if you need a faster answer, then you need to have a version of Linux with paid-for tech support (like Red Hat Enterprise or SuSE Enterprise), and call them. Otherwise, it's fairly rude to say things like "I was waiting for long time", on a VOLUNTEER forum.

Again, such things are fairly rude on a volunteer forum.

AGAIN...different user setups = different umasks. Doesn't get much simpler than that. Again, read the explanations/descriptions of umask that were given to you. If you're not a Linux guy, you should be able to ask your Linux administrators at your organization if you have further questions, or you don't understand the umask documentation that was given to you previously.

Hello TBone ;

I asked clarification for my doubts.
What mistake i made ? Yes., you are discouraging me !

I had some doubts, i need clarification so that i posted.
Unix team is different , Oracle tam is different.
Every time , i can't ask my doubts to unix team.

If you ask what is umask ?.. i can explain Everything ..

If i post anything wrong ! I am sorry !! but you did n't answer to my question.

Thanks Guru !

Hello Shivaa ;

I did n't get any o/p.

From root user ..

# grep -i umask ~/*
No output .

As oracle user ..

There is not co-relation between umask and group either primary or secondary. As TB0ne pointed different user's have different settings.

If umask isn't set in user's personal profile file, then it will consider /etc/profile file for the same.

For any user you can check, if it's set in user's profile or not as:
OR you can search in different shell initialization files.

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Hello Shiva;

I am asking concept of umask. or i am not lerning linux here.
My straight ques is compare rose vs usr1

when user added with oinstall or any group (-g) , umask will be 0022
when user added with oinstall or any group (-G) , umask will be 0002

This is my ques ... please clarify. Normal umask settings i know very well

Thnaks Shivaa !!

Search in following files:
Also it should be there in /etc/profile as well:-

Hi shiva ;

I am n't getting any o/p. i cant access unix team operations.
However i belong oracle background.

Could you please clarify little more ?

You are saying " not co-relation between umask and group either primary or secondary "
why my system showing different o/p ?

What mistakes?? Did you not read what was posted?? You complained about having to wait a long time, then told us you were EXPECTING a reply. Sorry, but your question was answered within 24 hours, and (as VOLUNTEERS), you don't 'expect' anything from us. And if someone telling you you're being rude is 'discouraging', that's not a problem anyone else can fix but you.
The word "doubt" and the word "question" have different meanings. And yes, I realize they are different teams...but they are YOUR COWORKERS. If you have questions, you should be able to talk to each other.
Then why are you asking a question about why umasks are different?
I answered your question several times. It appears you aren't understanding the answer.

AGAIN...if you set up users differently, they will have different settings. Period...that's it. That's your answer. Different primary groups = different inherited umasks. AGAIN...see the documentation on umask, since that explains things in greater detail.

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Hi ;

Oracle team members cant issue unix related command in my env ..
So i can't check the what command you mentioned above?

If you provide ,some explanation i will get clear idea,

-g option is used to specify primary group of the user when you create it.
-G option is used to specify secondary or any alternative group of the user when you create it.

When you use -g option with useradd, it adds "oinstall" or whichever group you specified with it, as primary group for that user (let's say testuser). And when that user creates any new file, let's say sample.txt, then the file by default gets that user's primary group i.e. oinstall or whichever it is.
Just have a look:-
On the other hand, when you use -G option with useradd, it add "oinstall" or whichever group you specified with it, as secondary/alternative group for that user.

FYI, oinstall is a group used by those who manage databases. So when you set "oinstall" as primary group, it sets umask to 0022 for that user, so any new file created by that user can get 644 permission. Point to note here, 6 stands for owner, 4 stands for group and 4 stands for others respectively. This means, group member of "oinstall" can also have write permission on that file.

If a user do not have "oinstall" as primary group, then he will not get write permission on that database file, that's why he has umask 0002.

Hope it will clear your doubts.

If you still have any doubts, once go through manual of useradd and chmod.
Be assured, we're not here to teach you linux. And do not get impatience, because all here are volunteers, who spend their precious time and best efforts to help you, so just be cool

Hi Shivaa ;

Ya , i know , All volunteers, who spent their precious time and best efforts to help me !! I feel very luckY !

Lot of thanks !! I got your answer. really i am n't learing Linux here.

Resolved !! Thanks a lot !! and Thanks Tbone !!