On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 01:24:17PM -0700, stan wrote: > I recently became aware that the default umask for Fedora is 022 when > it caused problems for me that I had a different umask. This seems like > an anachronism, a relic of a kinder, gentler time, when the computing > atmosphere was more collegiate. Is it really appropriate that new > files be created for a user with permissions of rwxr-xr-x in today's > security atmosphere? > Minor correction, a umask 022 will set execute on new directories (drwxr-xr-x), but not new files. They would be -rw-r--r--. > I set my umask to 077, so that no one can access anything. > > I'm interested in other people's opinions, especially those arguing in > favor of continuing to have a umask of 022. Am I overlooking something? > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> End of included message <<< -- Jon H. LaBadie jonfu@xxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
