The execute bit in the umask setting is ignored... as far as I know that's
standard *nix behaviour (AIX and Linux, at least).
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen J Palmer [mailto:spalmer_at_brk.photronics.com]
> Sent: 02 June, 2000 11:15 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: UNIX question....
>
>
> A quick question for all you Oracle/UNIX people...... I need
> to create a file
> with the
> permissions 775 ( rwxrwxr-x ) and I have set the umask to
> what all the books
> recommend.... with no luck.... The end user cant user CHMOD
> on the file, so I
> need
> to have the files created as 775. Any ideas would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> $ umask -S
> u=rwx,g=rwx,o=rx
> $ touch junk
> $ ls -l junk
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jun 2 09:49 junk
>
> 777
> - 775
> _______
> 002
>
> $ umask 002
> $ touch junk
> $ ls -l junk
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jun 2 09:55 junk
Received on Fri Jun 02 2000 - 14:20:00 CDT
