umask dilemma [UGLY SOLUTION]

[Dieter Schicker]

Just in case someone wants to know:

I solved my umask dilemma after investigating some threads by hardcoding
"umask 0007" in /etc/login.defs, /etc/profile and in every user's
~/.gnomerc . Ugly, but it works for me ... It's really sad that
libpam-umask doesn't work because IMHO that would be the best solution.

Cheers
Dieter

Dieter Schicker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> thanks for your answer but it still doesn't work.
>
>   
>>> session required        pam_umask.so umask=006
>>>       
>> You want to set the umask to 007, otherwise directories will get mode
>> 771 instead of 770.
>>     
>
> Oh yes, thanks!
>
>   
>> Probably the 'umask 022' in /etc/profile overrides your pam_umask
>> setting.  Remove it from /etc/profile and try again.
>>     
>
> Removed it but I still get 644 permissions. Even if I hardcode "umask
> 007" in /etc/login.defs and /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile I get 644
> ... Event if I put it into the users ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile I get
> 644. I'm getting frustrated as you can imagine ... ;-)
>
> Also grep'd for "umask" whereever it seems useful (home directory, /etc
> directory, ...) with no success.
>
> Any further ideas?
>
> TIA
> Dieter
>
>   


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