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#1 2010-02-09 01:15:58
- Carlwill
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Modifying UMASK on Arch
I use my /home/$USER directory as a basic dumping ground for all my files and utilities. I like all my files and folders to be owner by me and want to be private. I don't use Samba or NFS so I don't worry about share permissions. I was wondering if it's dangerous to change the system wide umask configuration to 077 from 022? I want the permissions on all directories to have the 700 permissions by default. Will this create any system wide problems? I know I could simply add this in ~/.bashrc file to avoid this being system wide but I am just curious. Any info?
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#2 2010-02-09 01:34:23
- Allan
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#3 2010-02-11 06:52:45
- PirateJonno
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Re: Modifying UMASK on Arch
I think sudo will use your user-defined umask (check to be sure though), so be careful when creating/copying system files with it
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#4 2010-02-11 17:26:32
- sctincman
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Re: Modifying UMASK on Arch
I'm thinking that blocking group read access might fuddle somethings up. You could create a new group for yourself as your main group with no one else in it, and set the system wide umask to 027. That way, your files are owned by (username):(username) and only you'd have read/write access
Or, set system wide to 027, and set yours to 077 in .bashrc
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