On 18Jun2017 13:24, stan <stanl-fedorauser@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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?
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?
As remarked elsewhere, it does depend on your environment.
I like 027 myself. Combined with setgid directories it leaves things readable
by the group of the working area, but otherwise private. Then one just arranges
group ownership. An workable default.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx>
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