how to set umask

[arun m govind]

Hi,

I had created a user with /bin/false shell.Now I want to set umask for that user.How can i set??????

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

The user has a file called .profile

umask 022

Or whatever setting you want in that file.

SEP

[arun m govind]

hi,

if i set umask in .profile is it applicable for ftp means in ftp .profile is executed ???????

[IT_2007]

.profile will be executed only when user logged in. Since you are setting for FTP access only, user won't be able to login because shell is false.

[Peter Godron]

Arun,
you could set the umask system wide in inetd.conf with -u .

for settting up user:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=1043408

Why do you use all the exclamation marks on your questions ? Are they not being answered quick enough ;-)

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

SInce you are not allowing a login session and since you have not substituted a program in lieu of a standard shell, you will need to call 'umask(2)' in your C-code program; or use 'sysopen' with a permissions argument in Perl.

Otherwise, if the account is only for FTP, consider setting a default 'umask' for the 'ftp' daemon in 'etc/inetd.conf' (see the manpages for 'ftpd(1M)'). You might wish to allow or deny the use of 'umask' in the 'ftpaccess(4)' file too.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Sp4admin]

Arun,

You can set the umask in the users .profile.


sp,

[dipesh_2]

hi

u can set umask in user's .profile file
add an entry at bottom umask 022


dipesh

[Dennis Handly]

>dipesh: You can set umask in user's .profile file

I'm not sure how your reply is better than the incorrect reply from sp. Note that the shell is /usr/bin/false and this is for ftp.

[Basheer_2]

Arun,

Since you didn't speecify, if this is a HPUX or Linux.

In Linux, you have a config file, there you can control umask values.