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# umask
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# Display or set file mode mask
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# Unless configured otherwise, this will set the umask ("user mask" or "file
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# mode creation mask") for only the current user, and only his or her current
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# session. The (one) leading zero is optional, unless you otherwise need it.
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2019-11-13 16:04:30 +00:00
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#
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# This umask setting is actually recommended for security by RHEL, and is also
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# mentioned and I believe recommended in the Arch Linux Wiki.
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2020-11-17 16:00:31 +00:00
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# The result of '0077' being -- and I'll use standard octal with which we're
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# all probably familiar -- that all new files are created using the '600'
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2019-11-13 16:04:30 +00:00
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# permissions, and directories are '700'.
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2020-11-17 16:00:31 +00:00
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# Remember, the standard format means 4=read, 2=write, and 1=execute.
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# However, the umask uses the same, but is inverted, so a umask of '077' would
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# be 700, and correctly lowers to 600 when it's just a file.
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2019-11-13 16:04:30 +00:00
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umask 0077
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# Akin to above, but instead, output the current umask setting.
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umask
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