Umask is a value (the Ubuntu default is 022) that refers to those permissions that cannot be set by default when either a user or an application creates a new file.
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Can I set a specific group|umask to be the default one for all actions within a certain path?
I would like to override the default umask and owner:group settings within certain directories only, without requiring root privileges, as that kind of defeats the purpose.
For example, when I touch ...
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Why umask 077 does not allow user to execute files/directories?
I'm using umask 077."Other" and "group" do not have any rights, but user can't execute files/directories.
Why umask 077 does not allow user to execute files/directories?
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How to change the default permissions of files created by transmission-daemon?
I have a machine running Ubuntu 12.04 server with transmission-daemon running to handle bitorrents. Everything works fine except the transmission-daemon creates files as the user/group, ...
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How to make a directory with permanent permissions different from default
I have system-wide default permissions set with umask 027. I am in the need to make a directory whose sub-directories would need 775 permission and whose files would need 664 permissions and make ...
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Wrong permissions on “make install” [closed]
When I compile and install tarballs using the usual ./configure, make, sudo make install, the files and directories created always have wrong permissions. In particular, nothing that should have the ...
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What is “umask” and how does it work?
I believe that umask is something that controls file permissions, but do not fully understand it.
After running umask 0644 in a terminal, I cannot read the files I create with the command-line text ...
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How to set umask for a specific folder
For some obvious reasons I need to set umask value for one specific folder. How can one do that?
Thanks beforehand!
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The reason I need to use umask for a specific folder is following. I ...
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Firefox downloaded files permissions
My umask is 0022, but when I download a file (using Firefox 40b11) it is created with umask 0026 (-rw-r-----). No clue where the issue is, if I'm even asking in the right forum. I'm on Mint 10 (sorry, ...
