Re: [gentoo-user] make new files writable by group by default?

2005-05-09 Thread Pshem Kowalczyk
On 09/05/05, Robert Persson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On May 8, 2005 08:24 pm Ciaran McCreesh was like:
  On Sun, 8 May 2005 20:06:46 -0700 Robert Persson
 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  | Could anyone tell me how to make a user's new files writable by the
  | user's  group by default (i.e. 664 rather than 644)?  I would like
  | robert (a member  of p2p) to be able to move or erase files created by
  | p2p:p2p without having  to log in as p2p or root.
 
  man umask
 
 Ah.  So I need to put a umask command somewhere.  Should I put it in
 ~/.profile or somewhere else?
 

If you what to do that only for a few users - then put it in
~/.profile - otherwise - have a look in /etc/profile

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pshemko

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Re: [gentoo-user] make new files writable by group by default?

2005-05-08 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 8 May 2005 20:06:46 -0700 Robert Persson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| Could anyone tell me how to make a user's new files writable by the
| user's  group by default (i.e. 664 rather than 644)?  I would like
| robert (a member  of p2p) to be able to move or erase files created by
| p2p:p2p without having  to log in as p2p or root.

man umask

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Re: [gentoo-user] make new files writable by group by default?

2005-05-08 Thread Robert Persson
On May 8, 2005 08:24 pm Ciaran McCreesh was like:
 On Sun, 8 May 2005 20:06:46 -0700 Robert Persson

 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 | Could anyone tell me how to make a user's new files writable by the
 | user's  group by default (i.e. 664 rather than 644)?  I would like
 | robert (a member  of p2p) to be able to move or erase files created by
 | p2p:p2p without having  to log in as p2p or root.

 man umask

Ah.  So I need to put a umask command somewhere.  Should I put it in 
~/.profile or somewhere else?

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