Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 20:26:12 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Greg...-*smile*-" <greg@oz.plymouth.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: umask command Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971103202424.26439R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <9711040300.AA05818@oz.plymouth.edu>
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On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Greg...-*smile*- wrote: > can someone please explain the umask command to me.... umask is a command that specifies the permissions of files you create. The mask is specified to the standard permissions of 777. So, with the standard umask of 022, you get permissions 755, which is read-write-exec user, read-exec group and everyone. Hope this helps. See the chmod(1) man page for the explanation of the modes. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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