Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:35:10 -0400 From: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> To: "DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1)" <gene_dinkey@hp.com> Cc: "'mhjoshi@att.net'" <mhjoshi@att.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unix questions Message-ID: <3973C25E.DA9B0F7D@confusion.net> References: <F341E03C8ED6D311805E00902761278C5313F8@xfc04.fc.hp.com>
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"DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1)" wrote:
>[snip
>
> >5. If unmask is 022, the the following commands are
> >executed.
> >mkdir cat
> >cat refer.txt > newpermiss
> >what permissions will cat and newpremiss will have?
>
> The files will have mode 755 on creation.
>
> full access --> 777
> minus umask --> 022
> ---------------------
> permision --> 755
>
> Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but this is it to the best of my
> understanding
Part of this is, or at least last I checked was, wrong. The permissions
are obtained by taking the permissions the creating program is trying to
use, filtered through the umask. Hence, while a directory will come
out 755 a redirection of output to a file should come out 644.
--
Laurence Berland
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Windows 98: n.
useless extension to a minor patch release for
32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a
16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor,
written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for
1 bit of competition.
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