26 Apr
2005
26 Apr
'05
19:01
Ken, On Tuesday 26 April 2005 11:30, Ken Schneider wrote:
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umask actually subtracts from what would be full access.
Actually, it subtracts from the mode supplied by the program that is issuing the system call to create the file. It is certainly conventional to use 0666 for plain files and 0777 for directories and executable files, but it need not be so.
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Ken Schneider
Randall Schulz