setting a umask

[Karl]

Serg B. schreef:
> Howdy all, 
>
> It could be that I have reset a default umask in the past but now I
> noticed that user home directory (/home/<user>)  has the following
> permissions: 0755.
>
> How can make it so a default home directory permission (when account is
> created) is set to something like 0700  without the need to change it
> manually? What file do I need to edit etc?
>
> Also while on the topic, is there a setting that I need to edit to apply
> default permissions to files and directories that are being created.
>
> I know that a umask can be set from $HOME/.bashrc but want to know if
> there are any global files that do that.
>
>    Thanks,
>       Serg
>
>
>   
you can set the permissions by using the chmod and  chown command...
chmod: change mod   ==> Read Write Execute
chown: change owner ==> Owner.Group

Of course, you need  root rights, use sudo.

Karl,