Randy's Stupid Question of the day
Duston, Hal
hdusto01 at sprintspectrum.com
Thu Sep 7 20:24:57 CDT 2000
Randy,
Two different issues actually.
Randy Rathbun [randy at rrr.2y.net] wrote:
--snip--
> I have something like this:
>
> rwxr-xr-x randy users /www/quitequitefantastic/
> rwxr-xr-x randy users /www/quitequitefantastic/index.html
>
> Now, when I go to update the index.html file, it turns into this:
>
> rwx------ randy users /www/quitequitefantastic/index.html
First, the editor you are using appears to be removing the file
and re-creating it when you write it out...
> Uh, no! That is not what I want! So, I have to go back in and
> change the permissions back to what they need to be. This also
> happens if I create a new subdir or new files.
>
> So, my question is this: What am I doing wrong? I was under
> the impression that any files/dirs created in a directory are
> supposed to pick up the permissions of it's parent... or am I
> mistaken?
Second.
man umask
Basically any bits that are set in the umask are cleared when
a file is created. I would guess that your umask is set to
"066". That would clear the corresponding bits in new files/
directories as they are created. If you do "umask 000", then
those bits will be set instead. You can set this in your
profile or equivalent.
> Randy Rathbun
Hal Duston
hald at sound.net
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