Re: UNIX question....

Thanks for the information... the file we are dealing with is a text file that will be
viewed through a browser, and for some reason needs to have an execute bit on it to be seen... we have been using FTP to move the files, and changing the

privileges on the other end. I thought umask may help me out.... but as it turns
out.... it wont.

Thanks!

Steve

Steve Adams wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
>
> The umask is a mask. That is, it masks out bits that would otherwise be
> set. It cannot turn on bits that would otherwise not be set. When you
> create an empty file with touch(1), it is assumed to an empty text/data
> file, not an empty executable file. Therefore the full permissions with a
> umask of 0 would be 666, not 777. Applying a umask of 2 gives 664. This is
> correct. However, if you were to create an executable file with that umask,
> then you would get the 775 that you are after. If you are not creating an
> executable, then why do you need the execute bits to be on?
>
> Regards,
> Steve Adams
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen J Palmer [SMTP:spalmer_at_brk.photronics.com]
> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 2:15 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
>
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mailto:spalmer_at_brk.photronics.com Received on Tue Jun 06 2000 - 09:38:11 CDT