Date: 25 Dec 2002 13:04:05 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: "Bill Moran" <bill_moran2@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Default permissions under X (umask?) Message-ID: <44bs3arn56.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <F54UIzFBjPX7yt4hAtf000160af@hotmail.com> References: <F54UIzFBjPX7yt4hAtf000160af@hotmail.com>
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"Bill Moran" <bill_moran2@hotmail.com> writes: > I would like to set my default permissions for X windows apps. > I've set my umask for bash, which works great when I'm in a > terminal, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on X apps > (such as the Mozilla downloader, for example, or when I create > new files with Code Crusader) > Files are created rw-------, which is pretty restrictive when > working on the server (something like rw-rw---- would be more > appropriate - it's what I have the umask set to in bash) > Is there a way to globally set the umask for all X apps? It's > very easy to forget and the other members of my team keep chewing > me out. I tried calling the umask command from my .xinitrc file, > but it doesn't seem to have any effect. It *should* work -- it does for me. [Although, in my case, it's the .xsession file, because I use xdm.] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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