From: Kumar, Praveen (cahoot) (Praveen.Kumar@CAHOOT.COM)
Date: Thu Apr 01 2004 - 10:15:46 EST
Hi,
By default the directory permissions are 777 and file permissions
are 666 so when you set the umask as 077 the effective file permissions you
get is 600 only but not 700 and effective permissions for a directory would
be 700 in the given case. As Bill has mentioned you cannot create a file
with execute bit on.
Regards
Praveen.K
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Gallo [mailto:tony_gallo@THRUWAY.STATE.NY.US]
Sent: 01 April 2004 15:58
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Umask 077 Question
I'm implementing some security enhancements and I'm having problems
with setting the umask correctly. When I set the umask to 077 and I go
to create files, the permsions come out rw------ (600) instead of 700.
Can anyone explain to me why my default file creation mode is 600 and
why I can't use umask to get a rwx------ default? What can I do to get
the execute bit set?
TIA
.sophos.3.79.04.01.
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