To reply to my own question (in case someone else wants to know):
(And also to invite comments on pitfalls of this approach from more knowledgeable users than myself!)
In file: /etc/gdm/Xsession
just after the section commented: # initialize variables for use by all session scripts
As root, I added the line: umask 0027
NOW, e.g., if under my own (non-root) user id I create a new file with Abiword, it has permissions rw-r-----.
So, users can only read my files if they are members of my group.
Jack Dodds wrote:
I'm using Debian Sarge.
At present, while using Gnome, applications typically create files with permissions rw-r--r--.
I want to change this so that files are craeted with permissions rw-r-----.
That is, I want umask to be 0027, not 0022.
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