Questions tagged [umask]
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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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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Why does umask 077 not allow the user to execute files/directories?
I'm using umask 077 ."Other" and "group" do not have any rights, but the user can't execute files/directories.
Why does umask 077 not allow the owner to execute files/directories?
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How to set default umask in Ubuntu 17.04?
In the past, I have always set umask at ~/.profile. I set a umask of 077 so my documents get a permission of 600 (rw-------). But setting this at ~/.profile no longer works in Ubuntu 17.04.
So as new ...
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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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Setting files and directories to match umask setting recursively
Is there a way to go into my home directory and recursively set files and directories to match my umask setting? The issue is, way back when I started using linux, I didn't understand permissions. In ...
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How to set umask for a specific folder
I need to set the umask value for one specific folder. I have a web application and when it creates some file the default permission is 700. But I need at least 755 permission for that file. How can ...
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How to change umask mode permanently?
I've read a couple of articles like this old one how to change umask mode but still can't figure it out 100% I have Ubuntu 14.04 running with Xenial kernel with default umask 0002 and my aim is to set ...
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What permissions would change if I change umask to 027 from 022?
I have just started using Lynis (please don't think I have misspelled Linux). After running it, I was suggested to set umask in /etc/login.defs and /etc/init.d/rc to 027 than the default 022.
I want ...
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umask not work on ubuntu 19.10
everybody,
i have found some postings about this problem but none of the solutions work for me. I want to set the UMASK system-wide on 007. I am using Ubuntu 19.10 with the default desktop. I have ...
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new file default execution permission? [duplicate]
I can't figure out why I don't have execution permissions on files I create by default.
I don't think I messed with any Ubuntu permissions, it's pretty default stuff.
When doing some research I found ...