Joachim Schrod wrote: > James Knott wrote: >> James Knott wrote: >>> Fajar Priyanto wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Joachim, >>>> Do you know where I can set the umask globally in Suse? >>>> >>> >>> /etc/initscript >>> >> Also /etc/login.defs > > James, I don't know about 10.2, but in 10.0 /etc/initscript does not > exist. > > Changing UMASK in /etc/login.defs does NOT change the umask globally. > It just changes the access rights of newly created home directories > (by useradd, cf. the comments above the UMASK entry in that file). > > The umask in SUSE 10.0 is set globally in /etc/profile. > To change it, one adds a file with "umask 002" to /etc/profile.d/, or > one creates /etc/profile.local. > > I dunno about 10.2, maybe there /etc/initscripts changes the situation. > > Joachim > Initscripts is in 10.2. However, I know of nothing that can go through a file system and change all the permission bits, other than a script that crawls through the file system. As you mentioned, the umask setting, no matter where it is, will only affect new directories.
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