I have a similar experience with umask in /etc/profile I have a line umask 0002 # to give owner and group rw access.
in /etc/login.defs I have the same (why capitals?) # UMASK Default "umask" value. UMASK 0002 and nothing in .bash_profile, but it still comes up 0022 when I check it with #umask anyone help? thanks rich On Friday 16 July 2004 17:49, Trollcollect wrote: > Thanks to Jacob, i figured out that my statement/request was somewhat > unprecise. What i really do want to do is to set a umask for OpenOffice > w/kde, as well as all other kde applications. I noticed that if i open a > terminal session, check the umask, it will not be set according to what i > put in /etc/profile or /etc/login.defs. If, however, i su - into the same > user, i see th correct umask. That leads me to the guess that kde sets a > umask differently and independant of the login / standard umask. So the > precise question would be: Where can i define a system wide umask for kde > sessions? > > TIA, > Dan > > "Jacob S." <> wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 16:53:46 +0200 (CEST) > > Trollcollect wrote: > > Hello List, > > > > please reply Cc: to me as i cant follow this list from > > work. > > > > My problem is that i cant find where to set the system > > wide umask for my sarge system. I've tried to do it in > > /etc/profile as well as /etc/login.defs, to no avail. > > So desperate that i even tried a reboot :( > > > > Any pointers? > > What syntax did you use? On my Sarge system it's in /etc/profile with a > simple "umask 022" line. Logging out and back in should be enough for > this setting to take affect. > > What did you do to believe that the umask setting wasn't working? > > Jacob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]