Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > The last step is to change the default umask to 002 instead of 022 so all > files will have the permissions set correctly (-rw-rw-r-- instead of > -rw-r--r--). If you don't do this, user1 cannot change the files user2 has > created. > > The default umask can be set in the users profile > (/home/user1/.bash_profile) with the line "umask 002".
Pardon me if I'm confused, but does that mean that any user can change the default umask at will? Not to mention, this will apply to all of that user's files, not just the ones in /home/everyone/ "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes." --Mazer Rakham, from Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" ---------------------------------------- This mail sent through www.mywaterloo.ca - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
