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From: geoff@ugc.uucp (Geoff Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Default umask of 077 on SCO Sys V 3.2 and how to change
Message-ID: <1991Jun9.045404.2795@ugc.uucp>
Date: 9 Jun 91 04:54:04 GMT
References: <1991Jun8.051407.7597@ugc.uucp> <DJM.91Jun8105413@bleen.eng.umd.edu>
Organization: UGC Consulting Ltd., Edmonton Alberta
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In article <DJM.91Jun8105413@bleen.eng.umd.edu> djm@eng.umd.edu (David J. MacKenzie) writes:
>> 	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 <djm@eng.umd.edu> <djm@ai.mit.edu>

	But his isn't a logged in shell it's an NFS "session". As well If I 
comment out the umask entry in /etc/profile it comes up with a default umask
of 077.


Geoff Coleman