[kanchilug] 1D1C - umask

  • From: Dhanasekar <tkdhanasekar@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ilugc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, KanchiLUG mailing list <kanchilug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ilugd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 06:00:00 +0530

umask - is used to set default permissions for files or directories the
user creates.


To calculate umask value
$ umask

To Displays the current mask
$ umask -p

To set and update the default umask value
$ umask 543

To view symbolic representation
$ umask -S

To set the default permissions for all new files or folders to 644 and 755
then umask value is
$ umask 022
for folders 777-022 = 755
for files 666-022 = 644



regards,
T.Dhanasekar

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