umask?
Marcelo Magno T. Sales
marcelo.sales at sefaz.pe.gov.br
Wed Aug 24 15:32:11 UTC 2005
Hi,
> The simple explanation is that the value of umask will be subtracted from
> the protection mask of whatever you create. If you are creating an
> executable file and your umask is 022 then the resulting protection on the
> file will be 777-022==755
>
Subtracting umask from default permissions will work in many cases, but
not always. If you have a bit set in umask which is reset in
corresponding position in default permissions, you'll get wrong results
subtracting umask value from default permission value. (for example, if
you have 6 in default permission and 3 in umask, the resulting
permission will be 4, not 3).
To get the right results in all cases, you must calculate default
permission value AND (NOT umask value).
[]'s
Marcelo
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