setting variables in profile

[madhudeepan]

i need to set the umask value to 077 permanently for a particular user,, edited the profile in home dir and changed to umask 077 ,,, but its not working,,

do i need to change something else

[rariasn]

Hi,

Put "umask 002"

rgs

[Pete Randall]

I'm tempted to just suggest that you read the man page, but first, let's ask what it is you're trying to accomplish with this setting.


Pete

[rariasn]

Sorry,

umask is the inverse of the permission bits that you want to be set. For example:

Permissions
umask (file/directory)
----- -------------------
000 rw-rw-rw-/rwxrwxrwx
002 rw-rw-r--/rwxrwxr-x
022 rw-r--r--/rwxr-xr-x
027 rw-r-----/rwxr-x---
077 rw-r-----/rwx------

Sample user profile:

# @(#)B.11.11_LR

# Default user .profile file (/usr/bin/sh initialization).

# Set up the terminal:
if [ "$TERM" = "" ]
then
eval ` tset -s -Q -m ':?hp' `
else
eval ` tset -s -Q `
fi
stty erase "^H" kill "^U" intr "^C" eof "^D"
stty hupcl ixon ixoff
tabs

# Set up the search paths:
PATH=$PATH:.

# Set up the shell environment:
set -u
trap "echo 'logout'" 0

# Set up the shell variables:
EDITOR=vi
export EDITOR

# Set up shell variables:


PS1="$(hostname):\$PWD\$"
export PS1

umask 077
umask

rgs,

[Dennis Handly]

>but it's not working, do I need to change something else

Not working how? You do need to re-login or source your .profile.