Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!emory!gatech!prism!msd!rhoward From: rhoward@msd.gatech.edu (Robert L. Howard) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs Subject: Re: PC-NFS 3.0.1 net umask question. Message-ID: Date: 12 Oct 90 16:05:54 GMT References: <1990Oct12.003227.8315@amd.com> <2878@jaytee.East.Sun.COM> Sender: news@prism.gatech.EDU Organization: Georgia Tech Research Institute Lines: 47 In <2878@jaytee.East.Sun.COM> geoff@bodleian.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) writes: >Quoth indra@ashirvad.amd.com (Indra Singhal) (in <1990Oct12.003227.8315@amd.com>): >#In SunOS, a umask 022 would create directories with 755 permission and >#all files with 644 permission. ># >#In PC-NFS if you do a: net umask 022, even files are created with 755 >#permissions which is not good. >Why do you regard it is "not good"? What problems does it cause? I'm not the original poster but here is why I consider it "not good". If I use PC-NFS *and* do a lot of logging on to the UNIX host, I tend to mount my UNIX account home directory to my PC (in my case to H:) so that I can get to the files easily. Now I can share mail boxes with Lifeline and elm, I can use my PC editor on my source code files, I can use some nice DOS utilities to do file organization, deletion, backup, etc.... I personally don't like to see everyfile that is touched by DOS suddenly set to have execute turned on. Why? 1) It is confusing when I do an ls on the UNIX side, I might have a mental lapse and execute my 'todo' list (generating lots of errors). 2) In the case of logging on from a workstation and using something like filemanager all the icons suddenly go to executable shell script rather that {c,fortran} source, postscript file, etc. 3) (a nit) it is just plain unsightly to have all those "*"'s after every file name. >#And if you try using 'net umask 133' any >#directories you make are unusable. >Fixed in the next release. Thanks! (I don't suppose you will let us know when that will be? :-) Robert -- | Robert L. Howard | Georgia Tech Research Institute | | rhoward@msd.gatech.edu | MATD Laboratory | | (404) 528-7165 | Atlanta, Georgia 30332 | | UUCP: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,ut-ngp}!gatech!msd!rhoward |