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From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs
Subject: Re: CNews problems
Message-ID: <17410@rpp386.cactus.org>
Date: 6 Dec 89 14:04:45 GMT
References: <13657@reed.UUCP> <1989Dec3.014328.9176@utzoo.uucp> <8912041651.AA01167@twiddle.eng.umd.edu> <1989Dec5.181020.29682@utzoo.uucp>
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
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In article <1989Dec5.181020.29682@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>In article <8912041651.AA01167@twiddle.eng.umd.edu> djm@twiddle.eng.umd.edu (David J. MacKenzie) writes:
>>However, "chmod a+rx" *will* override the umask.
>
>I'm reluctant to do so as default, however, on the assumption that the
>umask is usually set for a good reason.

and what was the good reason berzerkeley used to change the behavior
of chmod so that it used the umask?
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