Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Dirk Gently<dirk.gently00@gmail.com> [02-14-12 18:24]:
Because when you use that same distro OUTSIDE of those two niches, you have a major security hole.
defaulting to rw-r--r-- much safer then rwxrwxr-x, the latter being an invitation for things to go wrong....very wrong.
For example, any legitimate user in group "user" being allowed to overwrite, remove, etc. files owned by anyone else in group "user".
The default umask is what it is based on 4 DECADES of experience, far beyond your small little single-user niche usage.
You haven't paid attention. The folder is a means to synchronize files between a group, read that as a group, of users. Lookup "dropbox".
the umask command applies to all files from the point that it is rune. Putting it in /etc/profile or /etc/bash.rc, for the creation of a single directory, would be, as they say, "wrong and stupid" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org