.profile is the shell script that runs once each time you log in. there will
be an example in the /etc/skel filesystem. (same as .login in C-SHELL or
.bash_profile in bash) do a man on umask. It sets the file permissions on
all files that you create in your unix session.
set it with the following:
umask 027
This will create files with permissions set to 750 or RWXR-X---.
- Jeff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Clay
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 5:22 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] file Permissions
>
>
> what .profile ? is that just the name of the file or is that just the
> extentsion? i am pretty much a total linux newbie sorry :) ...i
> have used linux
> slackware but didn't really like x-windows enviroment and had
> trouble getting
> kde up and running on it so i decide to give linux mandrake a try :)
>
> Jeff Watkins wrote:
>
> > Try the umask environment parameter in your .profile.
> >
> > - Jeff
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Doyle
> > > Sent: Friday, March 05, 1999 5:47 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [newbie] file Permissions
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, 06 Mar 1999, you wrote:
> > > > I figured out why all my files were not working right it wasn't that
> > > > they were text files but the permissions are messed up...
> everytime i
> > > > try to install something the permissions for it are always
> messed up! is
> > > > their some setting i can change to stop this... i am not
> telling it to
> > > > save permissions i don't think but apparently it is! anyone have any
> > > > idea why it is doing this...i am using linux mandrake 5.3
> if that has
> > > > anything to do with it
> > > >
> > > > ________________________________________________________
> > > >
> > >
> > > G'day
> > >
> > > Try this on the win box use WINZIP to zip all the RPMs into one
> > > zip file, then
> > > place this in your linux /home/dir or where you want and use KFM
> > > to find the
> > > zip file, right click and you should see Archiver as one of the
> > > options unzip
> > > with this and you should find all is well, works here for me :-))
> > > --
> > > Michael Doyle
> > > Adelaide, South Australia
> > > ICQ #2635762
> > > http://landofoz.apana.org.au
> > >
>
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