[Bug 69184] Re: gedit error "Could not create a backup file" when trying to save a file in a VFAT partition

[Constantine Evans]

My apologies - I meant uid, not umask.

Ari wrote:
> Hi Constantine, first thanks a lot for your quick response!
>
> On umask: It doesn't look like that option will accept a user number...
> it seems to be a permission mask for filesystems that don't support
> builtin unix permissions
>
>
>  umask: octal file permissions
>
> You can change permissions using the parameter umask. But be aware that
> it must be the bitmask of permissions that are not present for the
> mountpoint. It is an octal number, formed like this:
>
>     * character '0': Indicates that this is an octal number, not decimal.
>     * first digit: owner user permissions
>     * second digit: owner group permissions
>     * third digit: world permissions (every other user on the system)
>
>

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gedit error "Could not create a backup file" when trying to save a file in a VFAT partition
https://launchpad.net/bugs/69184