quick one--umaske for 777?

Joel rees at ddcom.co.jp
Sat Jan 29 07:56:08 UTC 2005


> Thanks all! Setting umask 000 on the one user only netted files with 666.
> It's a restricted user with a password, for uploading graphics--that user is
> simply segregated from the main domain, and the primary username in the
> group needed to be able to read/write files easily that were owned by the
> alternate user without any chowning/cronning solutions possible. That did
> it, thanks!

Recommend you use groups instead of that. There's a reason why 666 is
the mark of the beast. If there's a reason for the user to have two user
ids, there is all that much more reason not to make the user's 
files available to be written by the world by default.

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Joel Rees   <rees at ddcom.co.jp>
digitcom, inc.   株式会社デジコム
Kobe, Japan   +81-78-672-8800
** <http://www.ddcom.co.jp> **




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