Permissions

[Michael Havens]

On Sunday 15 December 2002 08:41 pm, J.Francois wrote:

> a umask of 022, for example, means "take away access permisions" like s=
o:
>
>   7 7 7  111 111 111
> - 0 2 2  000 010 010 <--- Here is your umask
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>   7 5 5  111 101 101
>          rwx r-x r-x

I get it. If you have a user with full permission you take away some. So =
then=20
a umask is actually related to a user shell and not a file's permission. =
This=20
means that if a shell hits a file with a umask it understands that its=20
permission does not apply. Or does would it happen that a company would a=
pply=20
permissions or a umask (ie. one or the other)?

Looking at your example I know that must be the way it is: one or the oth=
er.

Thanks for your help.
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:-)~Mike~(-: