Well, grasshopper, one must examine such files as .bashrc and .bash_profile in one's home directory for hints. (I believe I'd use .bash_profile for exporting the umask value. If I am off track someone will assuredly grasshopper me.) {^_-} ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Wood" <eric@interplas.com> > But when a new child process spawns (say a shell script), the umask is not > inherited. Is there a fix for that? > -eric wood -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list