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From: ajb@wpi.WPI.EDU (Arthur J. Butler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: ignoring umask and ownership when creating files ...
Message-ID: <1991Feb20.052633.3894@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 20 Feb 91 05:26:33 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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hi,

i've recently installed 10.3 (large aegis and bsd) on our dn3500.  i
used import_passwd and syncids to create the accounts.  i created a
directory /usr/users where the home directories will be located.  root
owns this directory and the mode is 755.  in /usr/users i have a
directory called ajb (owned by ajb with 755 permissions).  when user
ajb logs in, all files he creates in his home directory are owned by
"none" and his umask is totally ignored.  when user ajb creates a file
in /tmp, then the file ownership is ok but again the umask is ignored.
this is all operating under bsd4.3 environment using csh.

i check the account using edrgy and all looks ok.

does anyone have any ideas?

thanks,

arthur (ajb@ee.wpi.edu)