Umask is only for setting the default security settings for that user. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 3:41 PM Subject: Re: setting security bits on UNIX > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > chmod 755 filename > > Hth. > > Greg > > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 03:38:26PM -0700, Ned wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I don't know how to take off protection from one of my files > > Tried umask 022, umask 0, etc, nothing works. The chmod command didn't work either. I don't know the values that I need to put in. > > The ls -l fileName command should give me: > > -rwxr-xr-x > > but not all dashes as it does now. > > It's an html file that needs to be read and executed by anybody. > > Please help. > > > > Many thanks in advance! > > Ned > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > !DSPAM:426d71a4249891133470069! > > > > > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFCbXIL7s9z/XlyUyARApi8AJ0aECEVUCS2k6vF2IWro9gschBlSgCfWnJw > Hcfl7cYNwYrgfR204nGdNnQ= > =feVZ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
