RE: Where does umask come from?
RE: Where does umask come from?
- Subject: RE: Where does umask come from?
- From: "Phil Barrett" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 14:22:38 -0000
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> But where exactly does it obtain the umask? We're about to ship
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a multi-user
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> application, and need to be able to tell users how to set their default
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> umask.
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i don't know about NeXT or NSUmask, but in the
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unix world, it can be set in /etc/profile
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/etc/login or ~/.profile ~/.cshrc.
Yes, but none of these are read by the workspace/finder, so any folders
created therein, or by applications started therefrom, use the default 022
umask. My query is how to change this default.
Phil