The first of the 4 digits is for special permissions, like SUID, GUID and the sticky bit.. If not specified - it's 0.
Scott Rohling On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Smith, Ann (CTO Service Delivery) < [email protected]> wrote: > I notice on SLES10 that the umask command displays umask as 4 digits. > > Yet in /etc/profile I see a 3 digit value. > > Customers code 3 digit values in their .profile files. > > Coding umask 077 or umask 0077 seems to produce the same results. > > Is there any meaning to the fourth (really first) digit displayed by the > umask command? > > Annie Smith > ************************************************************ > This communication, including attachments, is for the exclusive use of > addressee and may contain proprietary, confidential and/or privileged > information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, > disclosure, dissemination or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you > are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by > return e-mail, delete this communication and destroy all copies. > ************************************************************ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
