Having a GUI for that would be good, but it's hard to tell where we
should show this kind of setting, other than in an optional advanced
users control applet. For most desktop users, the current default is
fine. Anyway, a bug report is not the place to discuss that.
Changing the default policy should be discussed on a development mailing
list such as ubuntu-devel-discuss, though I don't think developers will
accept to change it. If you want a GUI to be created, this would require
a specification with considerations about the interface, where to put it
etc., and somebody willing to work on it. Not so easy!
For now, I can advise you to:
- edit your personal umask in ~/.bash_profile, which is not so hard to do, and
possibly to the same in /etc/profile for new users too
- or simply make the root of your home folder readable only by you. This will
prevent people from discovering what's in it, even if they could theoretically
read the files if they knew their path. This is easy to do graphically and
should be enough in the case of your roommate.
Thanks for your attention to this problem, anyway!
** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Won't Fix
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Default umask is 022 for ALL users, even when not wanted
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/481825
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