14 Oct
2005
14 Oct
'05
15:09
I suspect that Linux is remembering the permissions of the file from *before* I added a umask to fstab and hence refusing to set new permissions by default.
Also, umask is said to be only the file **creation** mask. Perhaps it does not apply for pre-existing files?
Right: the umask command is used to determine the default file creation mode on your system. If you change it, the files created before this change will keep their current permissions (fortunately).