Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven.umd.edu!mimsy!mojo!mojo!djm From: djm@eng.umd.edu (David J. MacKenzie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Default umask of 077 on SCO Sys V 3.2 and how to change Message-ID: Date: 8 Jun 91 14:54:13 GMT References: <1991Jun8.051407.7597@ugc.uucp> Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (C-News) Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland Lines: 8 In-Reply-To: geoff@ugc.uucp's message of 8 Jun 91 05:14:07 GMT > I have run into a problem with the default umask on SCO > Unix 3.2 being set to 077 rather than the more common 022. Is there > any way to change the sytem wide default for this. Check /etc/profile and /etc/cshrc -- the distributed versions set the umask to 077. -- David J. MacKenzie