Incoming from John Hardcastle: > > So the default file permissions don't do what you want. > $ umask > Read the manual page for the umask command, > $ man umask > As root, change the umask in /etc/profile to reflect the permissions you > want. > # vi /etc/profile > Then have all users logout and login again. Their $HOME/.bashrc will > read /etc/profile and their umask will reflect your changes.
... Except where their own $HOME/.bashrc changes umask, in which case you'll be left to track those down. However, they should stand out like a sore thumb now. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - -