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Osiris

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Registered: 2003-01-18

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Where is umask for user saved?

Hello,

in /etc/login.defs I can set the umask for newly created users. I wonder where it is saved i.e. what file is changed so that the newly created user has the appropriate umask? In /etc/skel there is a umask entry only in .zshrc, which likely won't be modified by useradd on the fly.

This is not a question on how to change the umask.

Thanks!

WorMzy

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Registered: 2010-06-16

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Re: Where is umask for user saved?

It would be saved to the user's GECOS field in /etc/passwd, but by default the login.defs value is only used to create the user's home directory (see 'man useradd'). On Arch, umask is set by the login shell sourcing /etc/profile.

See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Umask

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