Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 14:01:25 -0500 From: "Bill Moran" <bill_moran2@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Default permissions under X (umask?) Message-ID: <F54ed0HPq84puKEI6a600016276@hotmail.com>
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>From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> >"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.] Well, now that I'm taking a more careful look, it does ... sort of. It seems as though I've been looking at the wrong thing, the problem appears to be in the Mozilla downloader. When I save an email from Mozilla, it gets rw-rw-r--, but when I download a file, it gets rw-------. I'll check the docs and Bugzilla to see if this is by design or a known issue ... if not, I'll file a bug report. Thanks for the pointer, and sorry for the noise. -Bill _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_advancedjmf_3mf To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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