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Umask in Linux Solved

The document discusses best practices for configuring the umask value in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It recommends setting umask to 002 for users whose group and username are the same, to allow for easier file sharing. Otherwise, umask should be set to 022. The umask value can be set globally by modifying configuration files like /etc/bashrc or for individual users in their shell profiles. Examples are provided showing how umask affects new file permissions.

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Umask in Linux Solved

The document discusses best practices for configuring the umask value in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It recommends setting umask to 002 for users whose group and username are the same, to allow for easier file sharing. Otherwise, umask should be set to 022. The umask value can be set globally by modifying configuration files like /etc/bashrc or for individual users in their shell profiles. Examples are provided showing how umask affects new file permissions.

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umask

022

-rwxr-xr-x

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mode open(2) 002


-rwxrwxr-x
mode open(2)
umask

$ info coreutils 'chmod invocation'

if [ "`id -gn`" = "`id -un`" -a `id -u` -gt 99 ]; then


umask 002
else
umask 022
fi

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if [ $UID -gt 199 ] && [ "`id -gn`" = "`id -un`" ]; then


umask 002
else
umask 022
fi

$ source /etc/profile
$ source /etc/bashrc

$ umask
0002

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0 Hungry(tmg)/home/tmg Yo> umask


0002
0 Hungry(tmg)/home/tmg Yo> id
uid=15049(tmg) gid=15049(tmg) groups=15049(tmg),493(phnx)
context=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
0 Hungry(tmg)/home/tmg Yo> mkdir /tmp/phnx
0 Hungry(tmg)/home/tmg Yo>

0 Hungry(tmg)/home/tmg Yo> chgrp phnx /tmp/phnx


0 Hungry(tmg)/home/tmg Yo> chmod g+s /tmp/phnx
0 Hungry(tmg)/home/tmg Yo> ls -la /tmp/phnx
total 44
drwxrwsr-x. 2 tmg phnx 4096 May 7 14:18 ./
drwxrwxrwt. 32 root root 36864 May 7 14:18 ../
0 Hungry(tmg)/home/tmg Yo> cd /tmp/phnx
0 Hungry(tmg)/tmp/phnx Yo> echo Hello > some.file
0 Hungry(tmg)/tmp/phnx Yo> echo Good bye. > some.other.file
0 Hungry(tmg)/tmp/phnx Yo> ls -la
total 52
drwxrwsr-x. 2 tmg phnx 4096 May 7 14:24 ./
drwxrwxrwt. 32 root root 36864 May 7 14:23 ../
-rw-rw-r--. 1 tmg phnx 6 May 7 14:24 some.file
-rw-rw-r--. 1 tmg phnx 10 May 7 14:24 some.other.file
0 Hungry(tmg)/tmp/phnx Yo>

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0 Hungry(tmg)/tmp/phnx Yo> chmod g-s .


0 Hungry(tmg)/tmp/phnx Yo> echo Uh oh. > yet.another.file
0 Hungry(tmg)/tmp/phnx Yo> ls -la
total 56
drwxrwxr-x. 2 tmg phnx 4096 May 7 14:26 ./
drwxrwxrwt. 32 root root 36864 May 7 14:23 ../
-rw-rw-r--. 1 tmg phnx 6 May 7 14:24 some.file
-rw-rw-r--. 1 tmg phnx 10 May 7 14:24 some.other.file
-rw-rw-r--. 1 tmg tmg 7 May 7 14:26 yet.another.file
0 Hungry(tmg)/tmp/phnx Yo>

0 Hungry(tmg)/home/tmg Yo> echo Make me a file. > /tmp/one.more.file


0 Hungry(tmg)/home/tmg Yo> ls -la /tmp/one.more.file
-rw-rw-r--. 1 tmg tmg 16 May 7 14:45 /tmp/one.more.file
0 Hungry(tmg)/home/tmg Yo>

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[ "`/usr/bin/id -gn`" = "`/usr/bin/id -un`" ]

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/etc/bashrc
/etc/profile

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