Group permissions problem

[Tim Jackson]

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David Mummery wrote:
> Hi all - 
> 
> I'm setting up a multi-user LTSP environment based on Ubuntu.
> 
> I need to have shared folders where users can save files e.g. openoffice documents -  that others can then modify.
> 
> I have set umask = 0002 in /etc/login.defs and in .bash-profile file for a user. Logged out and logged in again.
> 
> Umask is still 0022 (!)
> 
> Even if I type umask 0002 in a shell ,and umask does change to 0002, I still do not create files in openoffice with group read/write permissions. 
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> David

The bash_profile is sourced when you login to a shell like in
non-graphical tty1 or ssh. It is not read by starting an X session.
In the graphical login the /etc/X11/Xsession.d/ scripts set the
environment.  I don't know if it the proper way to do it but creating a
file in Xsession.d and setting umask in it will work for giving X window
session users a umask different then what sets the default.
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