On Tue, Jan 29, 2008, Clint Adams wrote: > > Using such an umask causes problems, and bash ships with an > > /etc/skel/.bashrc which sets the umask to 022.
This is not the case anymore; umask is set in /etc/profile. The rationale is in bug #155973 where it's proposed that this prevent sysadmins from setting the system-wide umask in /etc/login.defs. > > I'm well aware that it might not be a zsh bug, still the fact is that > > switching from the default shell to zsh can bring you into serious > > trouble, so I'm filing this here for now so you can decide to set the > > umask in /etc/skel/.zshrc. > What's your current opinion on this? I guess that applies to zsh as well, and zsh shouldn't set it in a file which is copied to each new user's home. I checked where the umask is currently set on my system; upstart sets it to 022 for jobs by default. I don't see initramfs-tools setting it. sysvinit's init set's it to 022 just when entering its main(). I don't really know how my system ended up with a 777 umask, but I think the bug was in bash overriding the umask anyway, not in zsh; thanks for closing the bug. -- Loïc Minier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
