Question

Unix/Linux

1 (a)What should my umask be so new directories default to "drwx—x—x"?

(b)What will files default to with the umask from the previous question?

Answer 1

umask is used for setting the permission of the file(( to be created) and directory ( to be created).

a) 066

to set the permission drwx--x--x we can use umask 066

066 represents rwx--x--x

0 is for owner which means rwx

6 is for group which means --x

6 is for other which means --x

b)  -rw-------

the files that will be created using umask 066 will have the default permission

-rw-------

all execute permission will be removed from the file.

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