Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!gatech!prism!msd!rhoward From: rhoward@msd.gatech.edu (Robert L. Howard) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs Subject: Re: PCNFS, permissions, and UMASK Keywords: PC-NFS, UMASK, permissions Message-ID: Date: 4 Apr 91 21:30:28 GMT References: <1991Apr3.195733.15063@ottsun1.uucp> <5321@eastapps.East.Sun.COM> Sender: news@prism.gatech.EDU Distribution: na Organization: Georgia Tech Research Institute Lines: 18 geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) writes: >Solution: have everyone run with the correct UMASK. Speaking of UMASK, has it been changed to work like the UNIX umask (i.e., umask 022 makes files permission 644 and diriectories permission 755) rather than treating files and directories the same? Robert -- | Robert L. Howard | Georgia Tech Research Institute | | rhoward@msd.gatech.edu | MATD Laboratory | | (404) 528-7165 | Atlanta, Georgia 30332 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | "Reality is showing us that perhaps we should do with nuclear | | power the same thing Keloggs is advocating for Corn Flakes - | | Discover it again for the first time." -- John De Armond |