-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:37:31 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > a boolean operation > > file_permissions = (NOT umask) AND chmod_value I'd like to add that this applies only when a file is created and not when the "chmod" command is used. Running "chmod" overrides the file permissions and the "umask" value. You can examine the effects of above formula with the "touch", "umask" and "stat" commands, preferably on a non-FAT filesystem. - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+pWCF0iMVcrivHFQRAi+XAJ9Mfc/8v0zzfxu5x5zdLFZip0hvWwCffwpg nILHN1yII5D86lZ8nhAngIk= =nzIs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----