I believe even Gnome on 16.04 LTS is using the upstart user session rather than system user session. This could be part of why the Gnome bug discussion seemed to go around in circles.
Other possible sources of confusion: - ~/.profile and ~/.bashrc are strictly for shells. Nothing else reads them. This might work if you start X via the startx(1) tool after logging in to the console, like the old days. - Setting umask via GECOS field requires pam_umask(8) to be in the PAM stack for the service in question. It may or may not be. Check /etc/pam.d/ files to be sure. Thanks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1685754 Title: gnome-terminal unduly forces umask=0022 Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In order to set the default umask of my users to 027 or 007, I followed the instructions provided in 'man pam_umask' : In the 'gecos' field of '/etc/passwd', I have inserted 'umask=027' or 'umask=007' (for myself). Then, MOST graphical applications systematically run with the correct umask. In particular, when I press Alt-F2, run 'xterm sh' and type 'umask', it systematically displays 0007. But when I press Alt-F2, run 'gnome-terminal -e sh' and type 'umask', it systematically displays 0022. That is BAD, and is a security issue. Workaround : Inside the newly created '/etc/profile.d/umask.sh', and in each '~/.bashrc', add following content : UMASK="$(grep -o "^$USER:.*,umask=0[0-7]*" /etc/passwd)" if [ "$UMASK" ]; then umask "${UMASK#$USER:*,umask=}" fi In fact, 'gnome-terminal' MUST NOT force umask=022, but keep umask unchanged. Thank you in advance for a quick correction. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: gnome-terminal 3.20.2-1ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon Date: Mon Apr 24 08:36:58 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-28 (26 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Beta amd64 (20170321) SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1685754/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
