Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!cmcl2!philabs!rob From: rob@philabs.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: umask under 4.3 Message-ID: <1222@briar.Philips.Com> Date: Thu, 4-Jun-87 12:17:21 EDT Article-I.D.: briar.1222 Posted: Thu Jun 4 12:17:21 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 6-Jun-87 11:32:18 EDT References: <7578@brl-adm.ARPA> <5905@brl-smoke.ARPA> Reply-To: rob@briar.philips.com.UUCP (Rob Robertson) Organization: Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff Manor, NY Lines: 16 In article <5905@brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) ) writes: >> ......how to change the default umask ..... >Do you guys seriously believe that you're improving security by this? >Or do you just like to prevent people from sharing and cooperating? Sometimes it's nice to keep a not so knowledgeable user's files protected. Such as a student who just completed an assignment... Sometimes you want sharing and cooperation as the default, some times you don't. If nothing else more intellegent users can reset their umasks in their .login/.profile. rob -- william robertson rob@philabs.philips.com