topic umask in Operating System - HP-UX

umask

indianya — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:30:15 GMT

I have a following HP-UX system
HP-UX B.11.11 U 9000/800

I have ensured that umask doesn't get set in /etc/profile and .profile

However, the default umask is set to 077 rather than 022. Can someone explain at what stage during booting process and from which configuration file does default umask value gets set?

Re: umask

James R. Ferguson — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:43:56 GMT

Hi:

The '/etc/profile' and '${HOME}/.profile' are sourced (read) in that order for user logins whose default shell (as specified in '/etc/passwd') is the POSIX shell ('/sbin/sh' or '/usr/bin/sh') or the Korn shell ('/usr/bin/ksh'). If your user is defined with the C-shell as a default ('/usr/bin/csh') then different rules apply --- see the FILES section of the 'csh' manpages.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: umask

Robert-Jan Goossens — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:44:18 GMT

Hi,

You could check the umask setting in the /sbin/init.d/inetd script.

If you change the setting in this script, you will have to restart the inet daemon.

# /sbin/init.d/inetd stop
# /sbin/init.d/inetd start

Regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: umask

Robert-Jan Goossens — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:47:17 GMT

Hi,

You could check the umask setting in the /sbin/init.d/inetd script.

The umask for inetd is normally set in the script /sbin/init.d/inetd. The default value is 000. This can be modified, then the inetd umask can be changed by executing:

# /sbin/init.d/inetd stop
# /sbin/init.d/inetd start

Regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: umask

Dennis Handly — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:32:04 GMT

>I have ensured that umask doesn't get set in /etc/profile and .profile

Ensured as in edited those files and removed it? Or just checked and you can't find it?

I think umask for normal users gets set in /sbin/rc or in some file(s) in /etc/rc.config.d/*.
There maybe other umask settings as mentioned by Robert-Jan. And one by ftpaccess(4).