on 16:45 Fri 25 Mar, Todd Cary (todd at 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. -- Dr. Ed Morbius, Chief Scientist / | Robot Wrangler / Staff Psychologist | When you seek unlimited power Krell Power Systems Unlimited | Go to Krell!