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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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