On 18:24 24 Feb 2004, Kieran Hood <k_hood@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | I want to make it so that all new files created in users home directories | are only readable by the users who own them an their groups. Is umask the | best way to do this? Also where do I add the command so that it is | executed on startup? Thanks Yes. Put this: umask 027 in the global start up, eg by making a file: /etc/profile.d/local.sh and putting it in there. The above umask will turn of group-write and other-everything. This results in files with permissions 640 (rw-r-----) and dirs 750 (rwxr-x---) which sounds like what you want. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Computer manufacturers have been failing to deliver working systems on time and to budget since Babbage. - Jack Schofield, in The Guardian -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
