Unmask Problems - Hoary 5.01

[Bobby Sanders]

On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 20:00 +0100, Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón wrote:
> Bobby Sanders wrote:
> 
> >I want my default unmask to be 002 for all the users on my small office
> >system.  I have tried changing it in /etc/login.defs, i.e I changed the
> >line;
> >
> >UNMASK	022
> >
> >to
> >
> >UNMASK	002  ...

> umask 022 ??

If you are asking what umask 022 means, you might do:

$ man chmod

or look at 

http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl2_umask.htm

for one explanation

or look at

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%2Bumask+%2Blinux&btnG=Search

for a whole list of articles on umask.

Thanks,

Bobby