Leen, On Sunday 05 September 2004 01:25, Leendert Meyer wrote:
On Sunday 05 September 2004 06:34, Jim Sabatke wrote:
Chris Carlen wrote:
Hi:
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How can I make the filesystem have a umask that overrides the users' umasks?
Thanks for input.
I think this is one of those rare cases where VMS would be easier!
Huh? I don't understand this - but everything is easy if one knows how to do it.
But not everything is possible. The way I understood the request, Chris wants to have files that get created within a specific directory or set of directories to reflect a umask independent of that in effect in the process that does the creation. He's not trying to control each user's umask. Nor can he, of course--the best that can be done is to control the default or initial value, as your suggestion addresses. I know of no way to make happen what Chris wants. ... Actually, he said this was a separate file system. If the permissions required are lax, perhaps using a FAT file system would produce the desired results, or something close to them.
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Cheers,
Leen
Randall Schulz