defaulting new files to 755 1

[owenbrown]

I notice that the file permissions default to 644. I get an internal server error when they don't have the execute permission, so I have been manually changing them to 755. Is there a way to change the default permissions for new files in the directory?

 

[comtec17]

Not all files need to be executable. Having all files with executable status can put you in a serious security risk.

What files are you adding that is causing you to get this error.

In your profile, the default umask is 644 and can be changed. Use the man pages to find out more on umask

 

[owenbrown]

This is what I get for the man page, is this all it is suppose to say?

# man umask
<standard input>:16: realpath on `bash.1' failed: No such file or directory
BASH_BUILTINS(1) BASH_BUILTINS(1)

NAME
bash, :, ., [, alias, bg, bind, break, builtin, case, cd, command, compgen, complete, con-
tinue, declare, dirs, disown, echo, enable, eval, exec, exit, export, fc, fg, for, getopts,
hash, help, history, if, jobs, kill, let, local, logout, popd, printf, pushd, pwd, read,
readonly, return, set, shift, shopt, source, suspend, test, times, trap, type, typeset,
ulimit, umask, unalias, unset, until, wait, while - bash built-in commands, see bash(1)

BASH BUILTIN COMMANDS
SEE ALSO
bash(1), sh(1)

GNU Bash-2.05a 2001 October 29 BASH_BUILTINS(1)

 

[comtec17]

Go to google.com and for the search type &quot;man umask&quot;

 

[PHV]

Only directories have execution bit set on creation. For regular files you have to do

 chmod +x

file

Hope This Help
PH.