On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:02:30 -0500 "Eric Wood" <eric@interplas.com> wrote: > But when a new child process spawns (say a shell script), the umask is > not inherited. Is there a fix for that? I can't duplicate that either. [jkeating@yoda temp]$ umask 000 [jkeating@yoda temp]$ ./script 0000 Touching foo total 20 drwxrwxr-x 3 jkeating jkeating 4096 Dec 19 12:11 . drwx------ 97 jkeating jkeating 8192 Dec 19 12:10 .. -rw-rw-rw- 1 jkeating jkeating 0 Dec 19 12:11 foo [jkeating@yoda temp]$ cat script #!/bin/sh echo `umask` echo "Touching foo" touch foo echo ls -al exit 0 -- Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE For Web Services and Linux Consulting, Visit --> j2Solutions.net Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org) Was I helpful? Let others know: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
