file permission problem

[Kenn Chen]

CUrrently, i have a unix user used by one of my application program. This program is used to put a file into Unix directory with certain permission (e.g. 666). But, when I run the program in my application (software - SAP) and the Unix user did not read the .profile and put the file as 660. I have set my umask in .profile, .login, .csh. This user is program called and automaticaally login into Unix to put the file. How could I control the file permission.

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

I faced a similar issue with SAP. SAP does things differently and it does not rely on the umask for its file permissions.

In my environment, I workarounded the problem by having a cron job that periodically checks the files created from the application and changes the file permissions appropriately.

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong
Brainbench MVP for Unix Admin
http://www.brainbench.com

[Ian Dennison_1]

OSS has a note (68718), referring to SAP parameter 'install/umask'. A good reference Note is also 154678 - Roll / Paging File permissions.

Hope this answers the question. Share and Enjoy! Ian