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umask of 022 will cause new files created not to be writable by group
and other. 027 means not writable by group, and not readable/writable/executable
by other. 077 means not readable/writable/executable by group and other.

You ought to read the umask (1) man page. It will tell you what you
need to know.

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umask works this way:
user group other
000  010   010   ------umask of 022
110  110   110   ------file created in mode 666
-------------------------------------------------
110  100    100  ------effective permission on file (thus removing the
write permission for group and others on the file)
Here the "1" bit in the umask will effectively mask/filter the
permission on the permission of the file created thus.
So a umask of 027 will take off write permission for group and all
permissions(i.e. rwx) for others.
And a umask of 077 will take off rwx permissions for group and others.

HTH.
Dwai.

Quote:> Hi,
> Can I know the impact if I set a user profile to umask=022. What's the
> difference if 027 or 077 is used?

> Thanks,
> Joan

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Hi,
Can I know the impact if I set a user profile to umask=022. What's the
difference if 027 or 077 is used?

Thanks,
Joan