On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 02:05:42PM +0000, Julián Muñoz wrote: > I would like to know if changing default umask to 077 in /etc/profile will > cause me problem to install and update new packages.
No, when you install a package, the permissions are already set. The umask doesn't have any effect because when files are created, the maintainer overwrites the permission. > > I see no reference to umask in the packaging how-to. > So in general, the permissions of the installed files will be dependent of > our shell umask ? No it depends on how your shell is configured. Phil -- Philippe Hétroy, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://solaire.dyndns.org/ "A successful tool is one that was used to do something undreamed of by its author." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
