file permissions

[butler]

Hi all,

I have a permission problem I cannot figure out. I have a directory called 'source' with file permissions of drwxrwxrwx. My UMASK (umask -S) is u=rwx,g=rwx,o=rw.

However, when I create a new file (ls > temp.file), the permissions on the new file are -rw-rw-r--????

No matter what I change the umask to, I can't get new files to use any permissions???? What is going on?

bill [sig][/sig]

 

[ElgisRamon]

When you set your umask, AIX will never put X permissions on new files, NEVER.

What are you trying to do? [sig][/sig]

 

[butler]

Thanks for responding,

I have a user, and I want files created by this user to be rwx for everyone. How do I make this happen?

bill [sig][/sig]

 

[shiraz]

hi
you can use smit users--->change show characteristics of user--> select user
and change file creation mask.In your case it appears to be set to 002;to have
rw-rw-rw- permissions on newly created files by user change the mask to
000.
hope it will work; but as ElgisRamon said it is not possible to have x permission
set automatically on a newly created file(but that you can for directories).


Regds
Shiraz [sig][/sig]

 

[butler]

Thanks Shiraz,

I will try this. [sig][/sig]

 

[AlfredB]

You don't state why you want your user's files to be executable. If a user is creating executable files (scripts and programs) he/she should first learn the chmod command. unix never "assumes" that a file is executable. [sig][/sig]