Change default file create permissions

[evergreean43]

Currently when I create a file on our Solaris 7 server it creates it with this:

-rw-rw-r--   1 jones  abcd           0 Jul 25 14:46 datafile

Please advise how I can change it so everytime I create a file it will be with these permissions:

-rwxrwxr-x   1 jones  abcd           0 Jul 25 14:46 datafile

 

[SamBones]

You can't change your umask so a file is created with the execute bit turned on. You'll need to do a [tt]chmod[/tt] after it's created.

 

[evergreean43]

Can I change it to write permissions?

On another Server my file create gives me this:

-rw-r--r--   1 jones  abcd           0 Jul 25 14:46 datafile

I need this:

-rw-rw-r--   1 jones  abcd           0 Jul 25 14:46 datafile

 

[SamBones]

This is controled by your [tt]umask[/tt]. Just type [tt]umask[/tt] and see what it says.

To make it create those permissions, the umask would be [tt]002[/tt]. Put the command "[tt]umask 002[/tt]" in your profile and that will set it whenever you log in.

Just to show what other values will do...

$ umask
02
$ umask 000
$ touch test.000
$ umask 002
$ touch test.002
$ umask 022
$ touch test.022
$ umask 222
$ touch test.222
$ umask 227
$ touch test.227
$ umask 027
$ touch test.027
$ umask 077
$ touch test.077
$ umask 777
$ touch test.777
$ ls -l test.*
-rw-rw-rw-   1 logs     users          0 Jul 25 19:07 test.000
-rw-rw-r--   1 logs     users          0 Jul 25 19:07 test.002
-rw-r--r--   1 logs     users          0 Jul 25 19:08 test.022
-rw-r-----   1 logs     users          0 Jul 25 19:13 test.027
-rw-------   1 logs     users          0 Jul 25 19:09 test.077
-r--r--r--   1 logs     users          0 Jul 25 19:08 test.222
-r--r-----   1 logs     users          0 Jul 25 19:09 test.227
----------   1 logs     users          0 Jul 25 19:09 test.777
$

"[tt]man umask[/tt]" for more information.

 

[evergreean43]

Thanks,

How can I make the umask command (such as umask 113)
work everytime I log in if I am using csh as my default login shell?

For ksh I can use this:

echo "umask 113" >> ~/.profile

What would be equivilant if I had csh as my default login shell?

 

[linnorm]

Assuming you are in the home directory of the user, the simplest way would be:

echo "umask 113" >> .cshrc

 

[SamBones]

Since the execute bit never gets set, the mask [tt]113[/tt] doesn't make a lot of sense. It's equivalent to [tt]002[/tt].

But linnorm is correct about setting it up.

 

[evergreean43]

Thanks,

This works if I create the file on Unix server using telnet or most anything except if I create a file using Dreamweaver it ignores the umask setting. I assume this is a Dreamweaver issue.