on 16:45 Fri 25 Mar, Todd Cary (todd@aristesoftware.com) wrote:
I know this is a Linux 101 question, however I am unable to locate the answer in my O'Reilly Linux book: how to set the default for permissions when creating a new user. The default for the GUI in my newly installed Centos 5.5 is 700. I usually use 774.
And when root creates a new directory, is there a way to have a default there too?
Lastly, if root or someone with root privileges creates a sub-directory, is there a setting so that the sub-directory will have the owner/group and permissions as the parent directory?
man adduser -> FILES -> /etc/login.defs
At login, umask is set by the shell initialization. Check ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, /etc/bashrc, and /etc/profile, for the usual suspects.