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root and /etc/profile umask question 1

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gallows

gallows

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Jun 12, 2004
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Does the root account read the /etc/profile when logging in?
They want me to change the umask to 077 in /etc/profile and I don't want to mess with root's umask.

tks,
Gallows
 
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It does. You'll need to put some code around it such as:

Code: 
if [ "$LOGNAME" != root ]
then
    umask 077
fi

Annihilannic.
 
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Thanks!!
Appreciate the example instead of just a "yes". :))
 
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